John Dougill

Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan

A Journey by Train from Hokkaido to Kyushu

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Produktbeschreibung

Observations on the people, culture, and history of Japan from a long-time resident riding the rails along the less-traveled western coastline.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stone Bridge Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9781611720822
• ISBN-10: 1611720826
• Artikelnr.: 67338567

Autorenporträt

John Dougill has lived in Kyoto since 1994, before which he taught at Kanazawa University. He is the author of several books about Japan, and his 2012 book, In Search of Japan's Hidden Christians, was hailed as "one of the most compelling and important books on Japan in recent years." He has run Writers in Kyoto for nine years, editing the website and overseeing the group’s many activities. He also runs the Green Shinto blog.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Japan’s Railways
HOKKAIDO
1) Wakkanai
2) Asahikawa
3) Sapporo
4) Otaru
5) Shiraoi
6) Hakodate
TOHOKU
7) Aomori
8) Akita
9) Tsuruoka
10) Sado Island
11) Niigata (Joetsu-Myoko)
HOKURIKU
12) Toyama
13) Kanazawa
14) Fukui
15) Tsuruga (Obama-Fukuchiyama)
CHUGOKU
16) Tottori
17) Matsue
18) Izumo
19) Tsuwano
20) Hagi
21) Shimonoseki
KYUSHU
22) Fukuoka
23) Iki Island
24) Karatsu-Imari 25) Hirado
26) Nagasaki
27) Shimabara
28) Kumamoto
29) Kagoshima
30) Ibusuki