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Hidden Japan : an astonishing world of thatched villages, ancient shrines and primeval forests / Alex Kerr

By: Material type: TextCopyright date: �2023 Vermont ; Tuttle Publishing,Description: 224 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 4805317515
  • 9784805317518
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 915.2 23
Contents:
Hidden hamlets -- Tastes of the countryside -- Shinto and buddhist stones -- The origin of Butoh dance -- The luxury of nothing there -- Jurassic beach -- Old castle town -- Esoteric secrets -- Living on a volcano -- Return to the Misaki Houses.
Summary: "A call to preserve disappearing facets of Japan's rich and ancient culture, this book takes its inspiration from the 1960s classic, Hidden Hamlets by Shirasu Masako. Like Shirasu, Kerr travels to remote and lesser-known places around Japan where pockets of traditional culture can still be found. Some are faraway--like Aogashima Island, 200 miles south of Tokyo--while others are easy to reach, such as Mii-dera temple just east of Kyoto"--Publisher's description.
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BOOK Wasatch County Library Second Floor General NonFiction 915.2 Kerr (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 04/11/2026 34301002064907
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Hidden hamlets -- Tastes of the countryside -- Shinto and buddhist stones -- The origin of Butoh dance -- The luxury of nothing there -- Jurassic beach -- Old castle town -- Esoteric secrets -- Living on a volcano -- Return to the Misaki Houses.

"A call to preserve disappearing facets of Japan's rich and ancient culture, this book takes its inspiration from the 1960s classic, Hidden Hamlets by Shirasu Masako. Like Shirasu, Kerr travels to remote and lesser-known places around Japan where pockets of traditional culture can still be found. Some are faraway--like Aogashima Island, 200 miles south of Tokyo--while others are easy to reach, such as Mii-dera temple just east of Kyoto"--Publisher's description.

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