A Wayfarer in Unfamiliar Japan.
Weston, Walter.

Place Published: Boston & New York
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1926

Description: 207p., index, 40 b.w. photos, end paper maps. This is an excellent narrative of life in Japan by the former British Chaplain, Yokohama, and First Honorary Member of the Japan Alpine Club. Weston was a famous mountaineer in Japan, and explored the mountains and countryside widely. This work covers the off-beaten tracks into the heart of Japan. Sea, springs mountain superstitions, Nagasaki, Satsuma, highways & byways in Kiushiu, Inland Sea, Gifu & its earthquake, Nagoya & Nakasendo, Ontake-san & itsmountain mystics, Koshu-Kaido on the outskirts of the Japanese Alps, Kofu, a street in Tokyo, the Earthquake of 1923. Excellent primary source. Nicely written, superb photographs.

Edition: First American edition
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Good

Book Id: 530

Price: $225.00

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