{"product_id":"traveling-japans-deep-interior-9789492722041","title":"Traveling Japan's Deep Interior","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, with glossary, index...and beautiful layout to boot.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIsabella Lucy Bird\u003c\/strong\u003e (1831-1904), the English author, photographer, and explorer, is one of the most intrepid foreigners to have traveled Japan's interior during the late eighteen-seventies, not long after Japan's forced opening to the Western powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOvercoming her initial fears Bird sets out on a journey that lasts the better part of a year. The result is more than impressive. Enduring considerable hardships, she puts behind her a stunning twelve hundred miles in her pursuit of \"the unbeaten track,\" much of it through Japan's unexplored northern regions. On the final leg of her journey Bird crosses over to the northern island of Hokkaido, where she stays with the native Ainu, recording their ancient customs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn her long journey Bird witnesses landslides, a bridge being swept away by swollen rivers, a boatman being drowned in a rapid's swirling waters. Not all is drama. She observes a matsuri in Kurokawa, joins a school class in Nikkō, attends a wedding in Kubota, and ends up in a mixed-sex bathhouse in Nakano.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Western in her attitude, Bird is always curious, always learning, always willing to take the Asian perspective. Among Japan's early Western visitors, Bird's account now stands out as perhaps the most insightful, the most understanding, and the most comprehensive record of a Japan that has all but vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-7150026\"\u003eIsabella Lucy Bird\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Toyo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789492722041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9492722046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV003050\"\u003eAsia | East | Japan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS021000\"\u003eAsia | Japan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Toyo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44562496356589,"sku":"9789492722041","price":26.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_3e4af434-f8bb-4471-ad43-5f529d097685.jpg?v=1701832328","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/traveling-japans-deep-interior-9789492722041","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}