Into Japan By John Lowe (1985 Hardcover) Dust Jacket, Library Edition

Description: Into Japan By John Lowe (1985 Hardcover) Dust Jacket, Library Edition. REVIEWInto Japan', as the title suggests, is a book that takes us into certain aspects of Japanese life. The chapters are divided up into geographical areas and the author starts off by explaining the area in question before imparting some anecdotes about his travels there. I found this excellent, as this way you get some factual, historical information, coupled with fascinating insightful stories of Japanese life/character. This book has photo plates dotted throughout and whilst all the pictures are in black and white, they are all very clear and do illustrate the points raised very well. One small niggle is that the photos aren't in order and a picture mentioned in the first chapter will be on the last photo plate and one in the last chapter may be nestled in the middle somewhere etc, this is only a small niggle though. It is worthy noting that due to the age of this book (it was published in 1985) some of the information is out of date. He mentions things like electronic typewriters as cutting edge for example! But in the main the information is still highly relevant and, if anything, offers an insight into how Japan has changed since this book was written. This is one of the better books about Japan I have read (and I have read quite a few) and makes for fascinating reading despite it's age. If Japan, the Japanese or Japanese culture interest you then this is worth tracking down at some point.

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