Introducing Japan

by Donald Richie and Edwin O. RichIe, Donald; Reischauer

Book Overview

From the metropolitan bustle of busy, modern Tokyo to the serenity of classical Kyoto, from the northern frontier land of snowy Hokkaido to distinctly colorful Kyushu and Okinawa in the southwest, Japan is a country of striking contrasts and frequent contradictions-geisha and baseball, the Kabuki theater and oil refineries, skyscrapers of steel and glass, landscape gardens of sand and rock. The blend of the ancient and the contemporary is unique and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 477001791X
• ISBN13: 9784770017918
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Book with good information and Wonderful pictures!

This book is great for any student who needs or wants to get a good round idea about Japan. It includes the basic needs to write any report, and is filled with beautiful color pictures throught the book, giving any one the visual effect! It's 72 pages, LOADS of pictures, 2 charts... one map, and the symbols for writting in Japan. Well written and great for students in middle school, maybe even up to ninth grade! If you are looking for indepth study, tense facts, and dence litature, this is not the book. It gives you a basic all around idea of Japan, nothing more, nothing less.