A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
By: Pico Iyer
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Art of Stillness--one of our most engaging and discerning travel w…
Want to Read $ 13.99"If they can’t get to Europe, they’ll find their way to a local theme-park Eiffel Tower. Even a place that we write off as “inauthentic,"-Pico Iyer, A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
"If they can’t get to Europe, they’ll find their way to a local theme-park Eiffel Tower. Even a place that we write off as “inauthentic,"-Pico Iyer, A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
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1. A History of Japan
By: R.H.P. Mason , J.G. Caiger
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2. Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto
By: Victoria Abbott Riccardi
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Two years out of college and with a degree from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, Victoria Riccardi left a b… read more
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"A small frosted glass of umeshu (plum wine) sat on a white paper coaster toward the top. The syrupy wine, actually made from small Japanese apricots, had a honeyed smoothness and a fruity finish that…"-Victoria Abbott Riccardi, Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto
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"Sushi," I announced, hoping to set him at ease. I then proceeded to tick off my favorites- chutoro (fatty tuna belly), hamachi (yellowtail), anago (conger eel), and uni (sea urchin). I then added on …"-Victoria Abbott Riccardi, Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto
"The culture's reverence for nature accentuates Kyoto's innate beauty. Designs on fabric, pottery, lacquer, and folding screens depict swirling water, budding branches, and birds in flight. Delicate w…"-Victoria Abbott Riccardi, Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto
3. Another Kyoto
By: Alex Kerr , None
3.00
Format: 508 pages,
From Amazon: This book is the fruit of Alex Kerr's half-century of living in Japan and of lore glea… read more
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4. Lost Japan
By: Alex Kerr , Bodhi Fishman
3.97
Format: None pages, Paperback
An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future. Origina… read more
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5. Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa
By: Haruki Murakami , Seiji Ozawa
3.70
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclai… read more
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7. The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Shūichi Yoshida , Hiromi Kawakami , Michael Emmerich , Kaori Ekuni , Hitomi Kanehara , Mitsuyo Kakuta , Toshiyuki Horie , Hideo Furukawa , Jim Hinks , Nao-Cola Yamazaki , None , Masashi Matsuie
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Format: 120 pages, Paperback
A shape-shifter arrives at Tokyo harbour in human form, set to embark on an unstoppable rampage thr… read more
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8. Miguel Street
By: V.S. Naipaul
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say Slum! because he could see no more. But t… read more
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9. The Samurai's Garden
By: Gail Tsukiyama
3.88
Format: 96 pages,
A 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coast… read more
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10. The Gate
By: Natsume Sōseki , Damian Flanagan , Francis Mathy
4.32
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
One of the central masterpieces of 20th-century Japanese literature, The Gatedescribes the everyday… read more
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11. Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture
By: Matt Goulding
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
2016 Travel Book of the Year by the Society of American Travel WritersFinalist for the 2016 IACP Aw… read more
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12. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
By: Chris Broad
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more
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13. A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun (Brief History of Asia Series)
By: Jonathan Clements
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens… read more
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14. A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
By: Pico Iyer
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Art of Stillness--one of our most engaging and discerning travel w… read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
- essays
- japanese literature
- asian literature
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"If they can’t get to Europe, they’ll find their way to a local theme-park Eiffel Tower. Even a place that we write off as “inauthentic,"-Pico Iyer, A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
15. Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
By: Matt Alt
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that ca… read more
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16. The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City
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3.60
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An elegant and absorbing tour of Tokyo and its residents From 1632 until 1854, Japan’s rulers rest… read more
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17. Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City
By: Jorge Almazán
4.46
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
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18. The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives
By: Christopher Harding
4.20
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the history of Japan, distilled into the stories … read more
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19. Walking in Circles: Finding Happiness in Lost Japan (Round Earth Book 1)
By: Todd Wassel
4.35
Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition
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20. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
By: Nate Silver
3.84
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
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21. Fewer, Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects
By: Glenn Adamson
3.90
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Curator and scholar Glenn Adamson opens Fewer, Better Things by contrasting his beloved childhood t… read more
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