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Hidden Japan : An Astonishing World of Thatched Villages, Ancient Shrines and Primeval Forests / Alex Kerr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kerr, Alex, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sparsely populated areas--Japan.
- Sparsely populated areas.
- Villages--Japan.
- Villages.
- Japan--Civilization--1945-.
- Japan.
- Japan--Description and travel.
- Japan--Social life and customs.
- Japan--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Travel writing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- North Clarendon : Tuttle Publishing, [2023]
- Summary:
- "A call to preserve disappearing facets of Japan's rich and ancient culture, this book takes its inspiration from the 1960s classic, Hidden Hamlets by Shirasu Masako. Like Shirasu, Kerr travels to remote and lesser-known places around Japan where pockets of traditional culture can still be found. Some are faraway--like Aogashima Island, 200 miles south of Tokyo--while others are easy to reach, such as Mii-dera temple just east of Kyoto"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Hidden hamlets
- Tastes of the countryside
- Shinto and buddhist stones
- The origin of Butoh dance
- The luxury of nothing there
- Jurassic beach
- Old castle town
- Esoteric secrets
- Living on a volcano
- Return to the Misaki Houses.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781462924189
- 1462924182
- OCLC:
- 1385455278
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