Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Record of Discovery, Geograpby, and Adventure
There is now a new field open in the East for the explorer. Picturesque almost beyond description, blessed with a climate the most genial, enriched with products the most various, and inhabited by a people the most courteous, Japan may be said to be one of the most interesting countries for the enterprising traveller. Very much has been written by cruisers in its waters and visitors to its shores for longer or shorter periods; but still much more has to be done before we can be said to have a complete acquaintance with its manifold beauties, its various productions, its history, its customs, its religious ceremonies, its ingenious arts, and the thousand other matters which present themselves to the thoughtful student and traveller. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
