The lovely folks over at GaijinPot have included Tracy Franz's My Year of Dirt and Water and Amy Chavez's Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan on their great summer reads list! Read More
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Amy’s Guide to Best Behavior in Japan
Going to Japan? This unfussy modern guide guarantees you keep it polite and get it right!
Exploring Kyoto
This revised and updated edition of the Japan travel classic and cultural guide gets you wandering from downtown quarters to remote mountaintop temples and features expanded information on new museums and gardens now open year-round for viewing.
Japanese Garden Notes
Marc Peter Keane's personal journey through 100 Japanese gardens, looking at them with a designer’s eye.
My Year of Dirt and Water
Married to a Zen monk in training, an American woman in Japan chronicles her own year of growth and discovery.
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