About the Book: Beginners Guide To Japan : Observations and Provocations
After thirty-two years in Japan, Pico Iyer can use everything from anime to
Oscar Wilde to show how his adopted home is both hauntingly familiar and the
strangest place on earth. He draws on readings, reflections and conversations
with Japanese friends to illuminate an unknown place for newcomers, and to give
longtime residents a look at their home through fresh eyes. A Beginners Guide to
Japan is a playful and profound guidebook full of surprising, brief and incisive
glimpses into Japanese culture. Iyers adventures and observations as he travels
from a meditation-hall to a love-hotel,