

He tries to draw cultural lessons and these attempts are at least interesting. The hitchhiking almost always works out well, and numerous people drive him hours out of their way, or help him find another ride, or take him out for dinner, or to stay at their homes. There are lots of interesting characters and conversations, reaching surprising depth (though none of them are overly drawn out on paper). It slows him down and gives him lots of one-on-one interactions with ordinary Japanese. There's a gimmick-he's hitchhiking-but it isn't just a gimmick.

This doesn't matter, though the point is the people and the connections he makes.

He skips some of the most popular places for tourists, in favor of less well-known cities. Ferguson goes all along Japan, meeting interesting people along the way. OL1963549W Page_number_confidence 94.66 Pages 358 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220615202542 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 410 Scandate 20220613050239 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781841952888 Tts_version 5.This is just what I'm looking for in a travel book.

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