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Take a humorist from the Great White North — one part Bob and Doug McKenzie, the other Bill Bryson — feed him lots of sake, and set him loose hitchhiking his way through polite Japanese society. The result is one of the warmest and funniest travelogues you've read. It had never been done... read more
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Writer Will Ferguson recounts his quest to follow the sakura, the Cherry Blossom Front, from one end of Japan to the other -- entirely by hitchhiking -- in Hokkaido Highway Blues. Ferguson finds that by meeting the Japanese people in their cars, he avoids being kept at the usual arm's length... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Will Ferguson: The author had been teaching English in Japan for two years before he decided to hitchhike from one end of Japan to the other and then write about it.
Quotes edit
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“In the end, I decided to act with integrity. I let the bus leave without me and I struck off on my own. Fortunately, I was soon picked up by Zen Zen Chigau and Uso Bakkari, a pair of gorgeous Japanese ladies in leather miniskirts who pulled up in a red Corvette and cooed, "Come with us, little traveller boy," and I was on my way to Uchinomi.”
Will Ferguson
First Sentence edit
CAPE SATA is the end of Japan.
Table of Contents edit
1. The Devil's Washboard: Southern Kyushu
2. Turning Circles: Shikoku and the Inland Sea
3. Crossing Over: Central Honshu
4. Cold Wind: Sado Island and Tohoku
5. Into a Northern Sea: Across Hokkaido
6. On Rishiri Island
Authors & Contributors edit
- Will Ferguson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Soho Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 1569471339
Page Count: 433
Publisher: Soho Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 1569471339
Page Count: 433
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 915.20449
Subjects edit
- Books › Travel › Asia › Japan
- Books › Travel › Reference & Tips › Essays & Travelogues
- Books › Entertainment › Humor
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