Unbeaten tracks in Japan

By Isabella L. Bird

Subjects: Japan, Biography, Japan, guidebooks, Japan, social life and customs, Biographies, Bird, isabella l. (isabella lucy), 1831-1904, Nonfiction, Journeys, Women, biography, Histoire, Voyages and travels, Britanniques, Travel Literature, Fiction, Social life and customs, Descriptions et voyages, British, Description and travel, Japan, description and travel, Voyageuses, History, Women travelers, Travel

Description: “So genial is its spirit, so enticing its narrative.”—New Englander and Yale Review (1881). The first recorded account of Japan by a Westerner, this 1878 book captures a lifestyle that has nearly vanished. The author traveled 1,400 miles by horse, ferry, foot, and jinrikisha.