Geographic Catalog

Japan

• What I Talk about When I Talk about Running by Haruki Murakami
• National Geographic Traveler Japan National Geographic brings over a century of incomparable travel expertise to today's sophisticated globe-trotters.
• Traveller's Japan
• Eyewitness Travel Guides: Japan Stunning graphic presentation focusing on art and architecture.
• The Rough Guide to Japan British guide for independent travellers.
• Frommer's Japan Historic and cultural background paired with specifics on hotels, restaurants and sightseeing for the budget conscious traveller.
• Lonely Planet Japan Comprehensive guide for independent travellers.
• Fodor's Japan General guide for upscale travel.
• The Japan Book: A Comprehensive Pocket Guide An up-to-the-minute collection of facts on Japan.
• Trailblazer Japan by Rail
• New Japan Solo by Eiji Kanno
• Exploring Japan Planning guide with full color photographs.
• Globetrotter Japan Travel Pack
• Discover Japan Highlights the best a country has to offer while still providing an authentic and memorable experience
• Insight Guide to Japan Background guide for itinerary planning.
• Japan National Geographic
• Teach Yourself World Cultures: Japan Concise, engaging introductions to vibrant civilizations
• Culture Smart! Japan A Quick Guide to Customs & Etiquette
• Culture Shock! Japan Introduction to culture for long or short -term visitors.
• Dining Guide to Japan by Boye Lafayette De Mente
• The Vegetarian Table Japan by Chronicle Books

• What's What in Japanese Restaurants by Robb Satterwhite
• Japan for Kids: Ultimate Guide for Parents & Their Children
• Shopping Guide to Japan by Boye Lafayette De Mente
• Lure of the Japanese Garden by Alison Main
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• Globetrotter Japan Travel Map
• K&F Japan Road Map
• Nelles Japan Map
• ITM Japan Traveler's Road Map
• Japan Atlas: A Bilingual Guide With place-names in both English and Japanese
• Tokyo FlexiMap Top sights and useful touring info.
• Live & Work in Japan An indispensable source of knowledge for anyone hoping to move overseas
• Moon Living Abroad in Japan Your tools for living like a local.
• Japanese Visa Hbk from Tourist to Permanent Resident by Matoko Kuroda
• A Traveller's History of Japan Comprehensive and readable history complete with maps and sketches.
• Memories of Silk and Straw by Junichi Saga
• Seeing Japan by Charles Whipple
• 36 Views of Mount Fuji: On Finding Myself in Japan by Cathy N. Davidson
• Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar Thirty years after his classic "The Great Railway Bazaar," Theroux revisits Eastern Europe, Central Asia, India, China, Japan, and Siberia.
• Haiku Journey: Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province by Matsuo Basho
• Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa Muller discovers in sometimes awkward, sometimes awesomely funny interactions just how maddeningly complicated it is being Japanese.
• Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto by Pico Iyer
• Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan With warmth and candor, bestselling author Feiler recounts the year he spent as a teacher in the world's most heralded school systems.

• Lost Japan
• Mishima's Sword: Travels in Search of a Samurai Legend Ross sets off for Tokyo on a journey into the heart of the Mishima legend--the very heart of Japan
• Roads to Sata 2000 Mile Walk Japan by Alan Booth
• Secrets of Mariko: A Year in the Life of a Japanese Woman and her Family by Elisabeth Bumiller
• Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
• Japan Through Writer's Eyes Carefully chosen selection of extracts capturing culture and history
• Travelers' Tales Japan True stories from inspired travelers around the world
• Tokyo Stories: Voices From Asia #12
• Unbeaten Tracks in Japan True stories from inspired travelers around the world
• Wrong About Japan A journey that will lead a father and son to Tokyo where they meet manga artists and anime directors
• You Gotta Have Wa by Robert Whiting
• Architecture in Japan Contemporary architecture by country
• Japan Country Living: Spirit, Tradition, Style by Amy Sylvester Katoh
• Japan Style by Gian Carlo Calza
• Viewed Sideways: Writings on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan by Donald Richie
• Memoirs of a Geisha The true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
• Palm of the Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata
• South of the Border West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
• Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
• Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
• Chrysanthemum and the Sword by Ruth Benedict
• Kickboxing Geishas: How Modern Japanese Women Are Changing their Country Women today are the leaders in a sociocultural movement in Japan that is shaking the country's gender stereotypes to the core.
• Japanese Tales by Royall Tyler

• Let's Cook Japanese Food: Everyday Recipes for Home Cooking Showcases 70 of Amy's tasty, practical recipes
• Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto In the tradition of Under the Tuscan Sun and On Rue Tatin, here is a Broadway Abroad travel memoir with plenty of food, but this time set in the exotic, alluring city of Kyoto.
• Washoku: Recipes from the Japanese Home Kitchen A full-color cookbook featuring more than 140 recipes for the classics of the Japanese home kitchen
• Inventing Japan 1853 to1964 A period that saw as dramatic a transformation as any country has ever known.
• Japan History by W. Scott Morton
• Last Train from Hiroshima by Charles R. Pellegrino
• Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation A bold explanation of Japan's stagnation and its implications for the rest of the world.
• Geisha: the Life, the Voices, the Art
• Japan From rice paddies to pachinko parlors, ancient temples to the Honda assembly plants, Kobota's lens has captured the essence of Japan.
• Japanscapes
• Kyoto: Seven Paths to the Heart of the City photographs by Katsuhiko Mizuno
• 90 Day Geisha: My Time as a Tokyo Hostess by Chelsea Haywood
• Diary of Lady Murasaki Lady Murasaki's Diary offers an intimate and equally compelling picture of her life as tutor and companion to the Empress Shoshi.
• Hirohito Making of Modern Japan by Herbert Bix
• Inland Sea 5th Ed by Donald Richie
• The Japan Journals 1947-2004 A record of both a nation and an evolving expatriate sensibility.
• The China Lover by Ian Buruma
• The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
• Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami
• Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

• Heart of the Samurai by Margi Preus
• Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia
• Birds of Europe Russia China and Japan: Non-Passerines, Loons to Woodpeckers
• Lonely Planet Hiking in Japan Solid information for the independent trekker.
• National Geographic Japan & Korea Wall Map
• Mapping Early Modern Japan: Space, Place, and Culture in the Tokugawa Period, 1603-1868 by Marcia Yonemoto
• Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*ck Off!"
• Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
• Japanese Core Words and Phrases by Kakuko Shoji
• Kodansha's Romanized Japanese English Dictionary
• Pocket English Japanese Dictionary: Harper Collins Shubun
• Berlitz Japanese Cassette Pack
• Living Language In-Flight Japanese Learn Before You Land
• Eyewitness Travel Fifteen-Minute Japanese
• Drive Time Japanese Learn while you drive
• Teach Yourself Japanese Conversation A lively, practical way to develop and improve basic foreign language skills
• Living Language Ultimate Japanese CD and Book The ideal program for serious language learners
• Living Language Complete Japanese The Basics with CD Everything you need to learn basic, conversational speech.
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• Japanese Rough Guide Phrasebook
• Berlitz Japanese Phrase Book
• Lonely Planet Japanese Phrasebook Essential words and phrases in a logical format.
• Random House Webster's Pocket Japanese Dictionary Features over 30,000 entries and translations in a great pocket-size format

• Collins Gem Japanese-English Dictionary: Collins-Shubun
• Japanese Learner's Dictionary Thousands of phrases and idiomatic expressions