Japan · Travel memoir
The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan
Alan Booth walks from the northern tip of Hokkaido to Cape Sata in southern Kyushu, following small roads through a Japan rarely encountered on a sightseeing itinerary. Mountains, coastlines, villages and roadside conversations give the journey its shape. A Japanese-speaking English resident, Booth brings humour, curiosity and an outsider’s eye to the people he meets, making the country feel lived in rather than arranged for visitors.
“A marvellous glimpse of the Japan that rarely peeks through the country's public image”
Washington Post, quoted by Penguin
Walking; Rural life; Encounters; 1970s