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Japan: The Complete Guide to Historic towns and districts (Zenkoku mukashi-machi meguri)
This book offers a beautifully curated introduction to more than sixty of Japan’s most atmospheric traditional towns. From samurai districts and Edo-period merchant quarters to pottery villages, castle towns, and nostalgic port cities, each destination reveals how local culture, craftsmanship, and landscape shaped everyday life across the centuries.
The book highlights living environments rather than static heritage sites. Readers can stroll through thatched-roof post towns preserved along old highways, walk key-shaped alleys in intact samurai quarters, explore waterfronts lined with retro brick warehouses, or wander merchant streets marked by distinctive fireproof udatsu walls. Every chapter blends striking photography with concise historical notes and local maps, making the volume both visually compelling and culturally informative.
With global interest in Japanese aesthetics, slow travel, and regional storytelling on the rise, this book is especially well-suited for international markets. It appeals to readers of travel, architecture, heritage preservation, and Japanese culture, and its strong visual language makes it ideal for translation worldwide.
Bringing this edition to global audiences means offering a vivid, authentic gateway into Japan’s living history—town by town and street by street.
Who Will Read This Book?
Fans of Japanese culture／Samurai enthusiasts／Game and pop-culture fans／Business readers and self-improvement audiences／Researchers and students
Key Selling Points
- The only visual guide offering a comprehensive overview of Japan’s “living historical landscapes” nationwide
- Aligning with the growing global interest in “Slow Travel,” “Heritage Tourism,” and “Authentic Japan”
- The text is simple and clearly structured, with a focus on photographs, making it easy to localize.
- The cumulative number of foreign visitors to Japan in 2025 will exceed 35.54 million, marking the fastest pace on record.
- Traditional Chinese edition (Taiwan): SOLD!
Benefits for Publishers
Easy to market, easy to sustain—an ideal title for the current Samurai boom.
Infomation
148×210mm
160pages
ISBN：9784906993970
Rights sold
Taiwan