"Ed" <gwbush@whitehouse.gov> wrote:

> > Sounds like something I recall from Dave Barry's book on his travels
> > in Japan. An interesting read, IIRC.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, Dave hit the nail on the head. By far the best
book
> on Japan you are ever going to come across.

I suppose there are thousands of these "what I did in Japan" books, but
"Hokkaido High Blues" by Will Ferguson is also a good read. He hitchhiked
the length of Japan following the sakura zensen, and the book describes the
people he met along the way.

-- 
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan