In Far Japan: Glympses [Paperback]

First published in 2006.  These unique sketches of Japan and Japanese life were written by Frank Hughes. foreign correspondent of the London Times, Christian Science Monitor and the Washington Post. Shrines, mountains, traditional drums, misty rains and the shrill wailing of Shinto music come to life in Hedges' brief, lyrical descriptions and lovers of Japan are sure to be overwhelmed by memory.Chapter 1 See Revealed!; Chapter 2 A Thousand Steps of Stone; Chapter 3 Drums of the Mountains; Chapter 4 When Rains Descend; Chapter 5 Color; Chapter 6 The Bridge; Chapter 7 The Foreigner Arrives; Chapter 8 Young Japan; Chapter 9 The Spring Equinox; Chapter 10 Nyubai, or the Rainy Season; Chapter 11 Sunshine and Summer; Chapter 12 Flower of the Buddha; Chapter 13 The Pines Are in Their Glory; Chapter 14 The Mountain Top; Chapter 15 One in Each Generation; Chapter 16 The Mountain Spat It Forth; Chapter 17 The Politician; Chapter 18 A Gift for a Gift; Chapter 19 The Hakone in Winter; Chapter 20 Blows the Cherry; Chapter 21 At Noon; Chapter 22 An Overcrowded Empire; Chapter 23 The Priest Is Dead; Chapter 24 Toshogu; Chapter 25 When the Dead Return; Chapter 26 The Spider; Chapter 27 A Saint at Peace; Chapter 28 Coast and Criff; Chapter 29 The Desire for Friends; Chapter 30 The Modern Mecca; Chapter 31 The Children; Chapter 32 Merry Kurisumasu!; Chapter 33 A Japanese Home; Chapter 34 When One Is Host; Chapter 35 Flux; Chapter 36 A Stranger; Chapter 37 Faith; Chapter 38 The Plums Are Blossoming; Chapter 39 Ichi Riki; Chapter 40 The Seventh Night of the Seventh Month; Chapter 41 This Morning; Chapter 42 May Day; Chapter 43 The Immigration Law; Chapter 44 Service Completed; Chapter 45 Japan in Manchuria; Chapter 46 Foreboding; Chapter 47 The Internationale; Chapter 48 Azalea; Chapter 49 Roof-trees; Chapter 50 Snow; Chapter 51 The Heralds of Spring; Chapter 52 A Japanese Cape Cod; Chapter 53 The Kimigayo; Chapter 54 The City; Chapter 55 Throughout the Day; Chapter 56 WlÃ)