New Japan Guide Books
November 25, 2011
Lonely Planet Japan Guide
In August, Lonely Planet released their new Japan guide. Part of their best guidebook range yet, the new Lonely Planet guide to Japan has an easier-to-use layout, redesigned maps and a new planning section covering time, season, interest and region.
Japan is a world apart - a cultural Galápagos where a unique civilisation blossomed, and thrives today in delicious contrasts of traditional and modern. The Japanese spirit is strong, warm and incredibly welcoming.
The new Lonely Planet Japan guide includes:
- 8 expert authors, 167 temples & shrines, dozens of hiking trails & ski slopes, more than 100 onsen (hot springs)
- 30 top experiences highlighted with inspirational colour photos
- Tokyo & Kyoto pull-out map
- Comprehensive planning tools
- Skiing in Japan feature
For more info about this great new guide, or to purchase, please visit the Lonely Planet website.
Win a Copy of Who is Mr. Satoshi?
This month we have 5 copies of Who is Mr. Satoshi? to give away.
On the day his mother dies reclusive photographer Rob Fossick - forty-one and already in the twilight of his career - finds among her belongings an unexplained package addressed to a ‘Mr Satoshi’.
So begins a quest that will propel Rob, anxious and unprepared, into the urban maelstrom of Tokyo. With the help of a colourful group of new acquaintances - a vigilant octogenarian; a beautiful ‘love hotel’ receptionist; an ex-sumo wrestler obsessed with Dolly Parton - the scene seems set for him to unravel the secrets surrounding Mr Satoshi’s identity. But until he has faced his own demons, and begun to reconnect with the world around him, the answers Rob craves will remain tantalisingly beyond his reach ...
Combining several interlocking mysteries spanning sixty years of history, Who Is Mr. Satoshi? is a uniquely inventive story from a dazzling new voice in British fiction.
For your chance to win a copy of Who is Mr. Satoshi?, email your name and address with Who is Mr. Satoshi? in the subject line to kylie@jnto.co.uk along with the answer to this question:
Who wrote Who is Mr. Satoshi?
a) Charles Dickens
b) Jonathan Lee
c) Jonathan Ross
d) Agatha Christie
Entries close Tuesday, 1st November 2011.Competition open to UK residents only.
For more information about Who is Mr. Satoshi?, or to buy a copy, please visit www.amazon.co.uk
Haruki Murakami’s New Book, 1Q84, Out Tomorrow
Murakami’s highly anticipated novel, 1Q84, is released in the UK on 19 October. First published in three volumes in Japan in 2009–10, the novel quickly became a sensation, with its first printing selling out the day it was released, and reaching sales of one million within a month.
The title is a play on the Japanese pronunciation of the year 1984 (the number 9 in Japanese is pronounced like the letter 'Q'). This hypnotically addictive novel is a work of startling originality and, as the title suggests, a mind-bending ode to George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four".
Prior to the publication of 1Q84, Murakami stated that he would not reveal anything about the book, following criticism that leaks had diminished the novelty of his previous books. So as not to spoil the surprise, we won’t tell you any more about it! 1Q84 will be widely available in the UK from 19 October 2011.