Hokkaido Highway Blues
Hitchhiking Japan
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Word Count
108,250 words, Guess
Page Count
433 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivehokkaidohighwayb0000ferg_k9g5
- ISBN-100862419964
- ISBN-139780862419967
- Goodreads383700
- OCLC Control Number43785908
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780862419967
- Open LibraryOL8309991M
Classifications
- LCCDS812 .F47 1998
Description
Hitchhiking may be an ancient mode of travel but in Japan it is considered folly. Which is precisely its attraction to henna gaijin ("weird foreigner") Will Ferguson, who is determined to thumb the entire length of the country following sakura - the surge of cherry blossoms that each year ignites the landscape. Starting out from tropical Cape Sata, the small southernmost metropolis where gardeners dust volcanic ash from their flowers, he heads north for distant Hokkaido, still snow laden. It is a journey full of hilarious misadventures and revelations. Whether Ferguson is doing the forbidden and not knowing it, or holding "conversations by non sequitur," he experiences Japan in unusual and even profound ways.
First Sentence
CAPE SATA Is the end of Japan.
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