Description
Every year in Japan the gradual arrival of the cherry blossom-the sakura is celebrated with the kind of media attention usually reserved for the arrival of a new series of Endurance, a member of the Royal Family, or Playstation 2. As the blossom colours Japan pink from one coast to the other and a copious amount of sake is drunk in recognition, Will Ferguson begins to fulfil a bet previously made that he can hitchhike the length of the country, following the sakura's journey from the southern tip of Japan to Hokkaido, its most northerly point.
The resulting travelogue is one of the funniest and most illuminating books ever written about Japan, illustrating that to travel is better than to arrive.
"Loaded with insights and highly original observations, this is overall an outstanding piece of travel writing."
INSIGHT JAPAN
