Unbeaten tracks in Japan

Description:

“So genial is its spirit, so enticing its narrative.”—New Englander and Yale Review (1881). The first recorded account of Japan by a Westerner, this 1878 book captures a lifestyle that has nearly vanished. The author traveled 1,400 miles by horse, ferry, foot, and jinrikisha.

subjects: Description and travel,  Travel,  Social life and customs,  Journeys,  British,  Japan,  History,  Biography,  Women travelers,  Nonfiction,  Fiction,  Travel Literature,  Japan, guidebooks,  Bird, isabella l. (isabella lucy), 1831-1904,  Japan, description and travel,  Japan, social life and customs,  Voyages and travels,  Women, biography,  Britanniques,  Histoire,  Voyageuses,  Biographies,  Descriptions et voyages

People: Isabella L. Bird (1831-1904)

Places: Japan

Times: 1801-1900,  19th century