Russel Fouts on mon 26 jun 06
Pat,
>> I am planning a trip to Japan next year so i am currently reading
"Japan made Easy by the rather wonderfully named "Boyse Layfayette De
Mente Which, frankly makes it sound anything but easy. Also, the
rather more comforting "Japan by rail" by Ramsey Zarifeh" <<
You should also read "Lost Japan" by Alex Kerr, "Speed Tribes" by ???
and "The Road Through Miyami"
Lee,
For the plane trip to England you need Bill Brysons' "A Small Island"
Although you may well get straight back on the next plane to Narita.
We are quite nice really.
And we do make a nice cup of tea.
If you are any where near Norfolk, do get in touch and I can perhaps =
show you around,
2hrs by train from London.
Pat Southwood
pat@southwood4.fsnet.co.uk
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Helen Bates on mon 26 jun 06
Google "Boy=E9 Lafayette De Mente" - he's written a large number of this sor=
t
of book...
Helen
Belleville, ON
Lee Love on tue 27 jun 06
On 6/27/06, Russel Fouts wrote:
> Pat,
>
> >> I am planning a trip to Japan next year so i am currently reading
> "Japan made Easy by the rather wonderfully named "Boyse Layfayette De
> Mente Which, frankly makes it sound anything but easy. Also, the
> rather more comforting "Japan by rail" by Ramsey Zarifeh" <<
John Dower's "Embracing Defeat" is good, to understand how Japan got
to be the way it became after the war. Another interesting book is
David Suzuki's (the guy that spoke at NCECA) "The Other Japan: Voices
Beyond the Mainstream." It is about outsider groups in Japan.
The Smithsonian published an excellent catalog to go with the show
they put together about the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan
"Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People".
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
http://mashiko.org
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