Japan Through the Looking Glass

A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY THROUGH JAPAN''S MULTI-FACETED CUSTOMS AND CULTURE''An excellent book for anyone with an interest in Japanese culture'' Sunday Telegraph''Takes in everything from the mythical roots of sumo to the ubiquity of Shinto shrines'' The TimesAlan Macfarlane first encountered Japan full of certainty, confidence and unexamined assumptions. He soon found his preconceptions challenged on every front - as generations of visiting travellers have found themselves, too.In this fasci...