Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2001-04-01 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #2605 |
Description
"Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan" by Percival Lowell is a travel book published in 1891. The work chronicles Lowell's 1886 expedition from Tokyo to the remote Noto Peninsula on Japan's western coast. Accompanied by his Japanese manservant, Lowell journeys by train and rickshaw through unfamiliar terrain, drawn by the peninsula's mysterious allure on a map. The book captures his observations of landscapes, encounters, and reflections during this venture into one of Japan's less-traveled regions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)