{"product_id":"2026200012929-secondhand-this-is-japan","title":"This Is Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapan — ancient yet relentlessly modern, serene yet teeming with contradiction — is laid bare in Colin Simpson's richly observed travelogue, This is Japan. An extended and updated edition incorporating material from the earlier work The Country Upstairs (published in Britain as Picture of Japan), this volume chronicles Simpson's immersive journey through the islands, towns, and traditions of one of the world's most enigmatic nations, capturing its people, landscapes, and cultural rhythms with rare intimacy and wit.\n\nSimpson brings to the page the same sharp, curious eye that distinguished his celebrated travel writing across Asia and the Pacific, presenting Japan not as a distant curiosity but as a living, breathing civilisation in vivid flux. His prose is warm yet precise, weaving personal encounter with broader cultural observation to illuminate the tensions between Japan's deeply rooted past and its astonishing post-war reinvention. For anyone captivated by the Land of the Rising Sun, this is an essential companion — and a reminder that the more closely one looks at Japan, the more mysterious it becomes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203279855835,"sku":"2026200012929-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8d80c0a9-9c7b-4de8-b87f-4f3dfe169bce.png?v=1788147406","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012929-secondhand-this-is-japan","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}