As both tourist and resident, Eliza Scidmore rode by jinrikisha through the new Japan of the Meiji era and recorded the small details other writers overlooked. She begins at Yokohama and its environs, goes on to Kamakura, Enoshima and Tokyo, and travels into the silk country and around Fuji, describing festivals, theatres, temples, gardens, shops and everyday customs.
A delightful classic of Western travel writing on Japan by the woman who championed Washington’s cherry trees. Download the free EPUB.