Lost Japan by Alex Kerr

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Drawing on the author's experience in Japan over thirty years, this title takes us on a backstage tour, as it explores the ritualised world of Kabuki, retraces the author's initiation into Tokyo's boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, and exposes the environmental and cultural destruction that is the other face of contemporary Japan.

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Lost Japan by Alex Kerr

Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experience in Japan over thirty years. Alex Kerr takes us on a backstage tour, as he explores the ritualised world of Kabuki, retraces his initiation into Tokyo's boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, tells how he stumbled on a hidden valley that became his home...and exposes the environmental and cultural destruction that is the other face of contemporary Japan.

Alex Kerr is the author of numerous monographs and essays in both Japanese and English, having received his education at Yale, Oxford, and Keio Universities. He is currently residing in Bangkok.

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ISBN 13 9781741795233
ISBN 10 1741795230
Title Lost Japan
Author Alex Kerr
Series Lonely Planet Travel Literature
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Lonely Planet Publications Ltd
Year published 2009-02-20
Number of pages 276
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.