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Getting to know the Real Japan.
A Listmania! list by Humpty D (England)

1. Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan by Will Ferguson

The list author says:
	"An interesting trip from one end of Japan to the other, following the sakura (blossom) so important to the Japanese."

�6.39 Used & New from: �0.01

(39 customer reviews)

2. Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan (Kodansha globe series) by Alan Booth

The list author says:
	"Another journey, this time walking through the less travelled parts of Japan. A good insight in to the bits that tourists don't usually frequent and the way ordinary Japanese interact with gaijin."

�7.69 Used & New from: �4.16

(1 customer review)

3. Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami

The list author says:
	"No list would be complete without Murakami. This non-fiction is pieced together from accounts of witnesses and victim of the Aum cult attack and it's aftermath."

�6.74 Used & New from: �2.19

(23 customer reviews)

4. Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa

The list author says:
	"Sometimes described as the japanese 'Gone With The Wind', this epic tale holds a key place in the psyche of Japan."

�15.60 Used & New from: �10.00

(53 customer reviews)

5. Thank You and Okay! - An American Zen Failure in Japan by David Chadwick

The list author says:
	"Funny, touching and not just, or even mostly, about Zen. Chadwick has an easy and amusing style. Highly recommended."

�13.30 Used & New from: �3.60

(10 customer reviews)

6. The Speed Tribes: Days and Nights with Japan's Next Generation by Karl Greenfeld

The list author says:
	"This would, perhaps, be better entitled '...with Japan's Outsider Underclass'. Strange and sometimes banal tales of the lives of those living outside the norm."

�9.22 Used & New from: �1.00

(13 customer reviews)

7. Wrong About Japan by Peter Carey

The list author says:
	"Twice Booker Prize winner Carey takes his son to Japan. The resultant book is everything you'd hope from Carey."

�5.99 Used & New from: �0.01

(12 customer reviews)

8. Angry White Pyjamas: An Oxford Poet Trains with the Tokyo Riot Police by Robert Twigger

The list author says:
	"Hilarious and insightful, a book full of Japan and the Japanese as well as martial arts. Classic."

�6.29 Used & New from: �0.01

(54 customer reviews)

9. One Man's Justice by Akira Yoshimura

The list author says:
	"Often accused of being cruel, this book shows beautifully the cultural context for Japanese actions during WWII without excusing or justifying."