Description:
The classic travel journal, a quest for personal discovery and the ancient beauties and dying values of modern Japan.
Review Quotes:
"An elegiac prose celebration . . . a classic in its genre."
-Publishers Weekly"The Inland Sea still gleams with the freshness of discovery. Years ago it was often called one of the great travel books, and so it seems today."
--The National Post"A welcome reissue of the book Richie published in 1971, which has been celepated as a classic in travel literature."
--Thomas BeVier, Foreword Reviews Winter 2016 Issue"It is a wonderful reminder of the joys of taking oneself out of one's usual element, of the comfort of strangers, of drifting without fixed destination, and of those fleetingly satori moments of mindful self-awareness that snatch the solitary traveller."
--Jasper Sharp, All The Anime"Richie's book, on its surface a travel account, is a beautiful reflection on all things Japanese by one of the country's most acute observers. Anyone with an interest in Japan would enjoy this book, and those lucky enough to be on a voyage through the Inland Sea even more so."
--Longitude"A legendary book in the Japan field. The newest edition by Stone Bridge Press deserves a place of honor on your bookshelf--and in your mind."
--Alexis Agliano Sanborn, JQ Magazine