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Amy muses on the death of guidebooks due to the internet and reminisces about some oldies but goodies on Japan, from John Murray’s Handbook for Travellers in Japan (1891) to more recent guidebooks specializing in hiking mountains and pilgrimages.

Books Mentioned

John Murray’s Handbook for Travellers in Japan (1890’s)

Japanese Customs and Manners by Mock Joya (Sakurai Shoten/JTB, 1951)

Japanese Etiquette: An Introduction (World Fellowship Committee of the Tokyo WYCA, Charles E Tuttle Co., 1955)

Japanese Etiquette, by Bun Nakajima (1955, 1957)

Western Manners and English Conversation, by Glenn F. Baker (Sanseido, 1937)

Japan Inside Out by Jay, Sumi & Garet Gluck (1964, 1992)

Tokyo Subway Guide: Including 40 Bilingual Station Maps, by Boye Lafayette DeMente (Kodansha, 2002)

A Guide to Food Buying in Japan, by Caroyn R. Krouse (Tuttle, 1986)

A Birdwatcher’s Guide to Japan, by Mark Brazil (Kodansha International, 1987)

Etiquette Guide to Japan, by Boye De Mente (Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1990)

Hiking and Trekking the Japan Alps and Mount Fuji by Tom Fay and Wes Lang (Cicerone, 2019)

Japan’s Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage, by Kat Davis (Cicerone, 2019)