Japan
- ISBN-10
- 0844296848
- ISBN-13
- 9780844296845
- Series
- Japan
- Category
- Travel
- Pages
- 255
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
- Author
- Alan Booth
Description
Japan is often imagined as a small country, yet the largest of its four main islands, Honshu, is larger than all of Great Britain. Alan Booth's remarkable guidebook provides a highly opinionated introduction to the country he has lived in for over 20 years.
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