CONNECTING YOU TO WONDERLANDS japan

This travel guide doubles as a beautiful photo album featuring truly hidden gems in the less traveled countryside of Japan. The author Takashi Sato is a landscape photographer who has traveled to all 47 prefectures to capture the many faces of Japan on film. Page after page the author guides you to some of the most special places. This book is full of useful information for planning your visit to Japan with detailed information on getting around on trains buses cars and domestic flights. There is also a companion website for updated information easily accessible by QR codes included in the book. ●contentsNortheast of Tokyo Boso Peninsula Chiba / Okutama Tokyo / Hydrangea Haven Kanagawa / Numazu Shizuoka / Minuma Tanbo Saitama / Mt. Akagi Gunma / Lake Hibara Fukushima / Izunuma Miyagi / Tono Iwate Hokkaido to Honshu Kushiro Hokkaido / Lake Toya Hokkaido / Hagurosan Yamagata / Akiyamago Niigata / Nagaoka Niigata / Azumino Nagano / Northern Alps Nagano / Southern Alps Yamanashi / Noto Peninsula Ishikawa / Gokayama Toyama / Kazura Bridge Fukui / Korankei Aichi Honshu to Western Japan Fuden Pass Mie / Kumano Kodo Wakayama / Mt.Yoshino Nara / Lake Biwa Shiga / Miyama Kyoto / Nose Osaka / Mushiake Bay Okayama / Mt. Daisen Tottori / Ini Rice Terraces HiroshimaShikoku & Kyushu Sanuki Fuji Kagawa / Shimanto River Kochi / Ochiai Village Tokushima / Hakata Island Ehime / Yame Tea Fields Fukuoka / Hiraodai Fukuoka / Chikugo River Drawbridge Saga / Kujuku Islands Nagasaki / Mt. Aso Kumamoto / Nagasakibana Oita / Takachiho Miyazaki / Sakurajima KagoshimaGood To Know In the countryside / References Online / Modes of transportation / Favorite Itineraries / Things to doWHY ITS SPECIAL Festivals / Hokkaidos Local Foods / Travel Routes / Rice Terraces / About satoyama / Zekkei●AuthorLandscape photographer Takashi Sato majored in photography at the Tokyo Visual Arts College. Upon graduating in 1984 he studied under Takehide Kazami whose artistic interpretations of mountain photography are renown. In 1990 Mr. Sato launched his independent career capturing some of the most stunning images of Japanese landscapes since. In recent years Mr. Sato has focused on subjects and vistas that are classically Japanese. His work has been published in several collections and his exhibits include In the Heart of Japan at the Montreal Botanical Garden (2015) and other venues held in Japan.