Hokkaido Highway Blues : Hitchhiking Japan book cover

Cherry Blossom Hitchhiking Journey

Travel Writing

Hokkaido Highway Blues : Hitchhiking Japan

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It had never been done before. Not in 4000 years of Japanese recorded history had anyone followed the Cherry Blossom Front from one end of the country to the other.


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About the book

Nor had anyone hitchhiked the length of Japan. But, heady on sakura and sake, Will Ferguson bet he could do both. The resulting travelogue is one of the funniest and most illuminating books ever written about Japan. And, as Ferguson learns, it illustrates that to travel is better than to arrive.

Book details

Published by Canongate Books

Paperback ISBN: 9781841952888 5 Jun 2003 197 x 130 x 23 (mm) 240g