Connecting You to Wonderlands Japan, Paperback/Takashi Sato
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Description This travel guide doubles as a beautiful photo album, featuring truly hidden gems in the less traveled countryside of Japan. The author, Takashi Sato, is a landscape photographer who has traveled to all 47 prefectures to capture the many faces of Japan on film. Page after page, the author guides you to some of the most special places. This book is full of useful information for planning your visit to Japan, with detailed information on getting around on trains, buses, cars and domestic flights. There is also a companion website for updated information, easily accessible by QR codes included in the book. contents Northeast of Tokyo Boso Peninsula, Chiba / Okutama, Tokyo / Hydrangea Haven, Kanagawa / Numazu, Shizuoka / Minuma Tanbo, Saitama / Mt. Akagi, Gunma / Lake Hibara, Fukushima / Izunuma, Miyagi / Tono, Iwate Hokkaido to Honshu Kushiro, Hokkaido / Lake Toya, Hokkaido / Hagurosan, Yamagata / Akiyamago, Niigata / Nagaoka, Niigata / Azumino, Nagano / Northern Alps, Nagano / Southern Alps, Yamanashi / Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa / Gokayama, Toyama / Kazura Bridge, Fukui / Korankei, Aichi Honshu to Western Japan Fuden Pass, Mie / Kumano Kodo, Wakayama / Mt. Yoshino, Nara / Lake Biwa, Shiga / Miyama, Kyoto / Nose, Osaka / Mushiake Bay, Okayama / Mt. Daisen, Tottori / Ini Rice Terraces, Hiroshima Shikoku & Kyushu Sanuki Fuji, Kagawa / Shimanto River, Kochi / Ochiai Village, Tokushima / Hakata Island, Ehime / Yame Tea Fields, Fukuoka / Hiraodai, Fukuoka / Chikugo River Drawbridge, Saga / Kujuku Islands, Nagasaki / Mt. Aso, Kumamoto / Nagasakibana, Oita / Takachiho, Miyazaki / Sakurajima, Kagoshima Good To Know In the countryside / References Online / Modes of transportation / Favorite Itineraries / Things to do WHY IT'S SPECIAL Festivals / Hokkaido's Local Foods / Travel Routes / Rice Terraces / About satoyama / Zekkei Author Landscape photographer Takashi Sato majored in photography at the Tokyo Visual Arts College. Upon graduating in 1984, he studied under Takehide