Geography & Travel

1 July 2009
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Discovering Japan – A New Regional Geography

By Kiyonori Kanasaka and others
Teikoku Shoin Co. Ltd, Tokyo 2009, 152 pages including index, copiously illustrated with colour photographs and maps. ISBN 978-4-8071-5844-7, (available in the UK from JP-Books (JPT Europe Ltd.) 14-20 Regent Street, London SW1Y 4PH or bookstores in Japan) £29.80/¥1,995
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

1 July 2009
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Autumn Colours of Kyoto : A Seasonal Portfolio

By Hidehiko Mizuno, Kayu Mizuno and Yasutaka Ogawa, Kodansha International, 2009, 104 pages, ISBN: 9784770030931
Review by Helen McCarthy

1 January 2009
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Kyushu, Gateway to Japan: A Concise History

By Andrew Cobbing
Global Oriental, 2009, 240 pages. Hardback, £55.00. ISBN-13: 978-1905246182. Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

1 December 2008
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Myanmar – Ushinawareru Ajia No Furusato (Myanmar – Missing Homeland in Asia)

By Asa Nonami

Bungei Shunju, June 2008, 206 pages. ISBN 13: 978-4163701400. Paperback ¥1400

Review by Mikihiro Maeda

1 October 2008
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John Milne: the man who mapped the shaking earth

By Paul Kabrna
Craven and Pendle Geological Society, 2007, 120 pages, paperback £6.50, (Special offer price to Japan Society members, just £5.00 including p & p. E-mail paul_kabrna@msn.com), ISBN 978-0-9555289-0-3
Review by Paul Wignall

1 April 2008
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Minka, My Farmhouse in Japan

By John Roderick

Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2008, 255 pages, many black and white illustrations.Hardback £14.99. ISBN – 13: 978-1-56898-731-6

Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

1 December 2007
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Getting Wet – Adventures in the Japanese Bath

By Eric Talmadge

Kodansha Europe Ltd (Japan), 2006, 272 pages (Hardback), ISBN: 9784770030207

Review by William Farr

1 June 2007
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A Reader in Edo Period Travel

By Herbert Plutschow
Global Oriental, 2006, pp 347 including bibliography, glossary and index,ISBN 1-901903-23-0 and 978-1-901903-23-2.
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

1 January 2005
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Japan Encyclopedia

By Louis Frederic (Translated by Kathe Roth)
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002, (one volume), ISBN 0-674-00770-0, 1,102 pages, (£41.50)
Review by Susan House Wade