{"id":26328,"date":"2020-04-26T18:45:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T17:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/?p=26328"},"modified":"2020-04-30T11:39:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T10:39:27","slug":"paper-screens-book-and-film-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/26\/paper-screens-book-and-film-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper Screens: Book recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Like this post? Help us by sharing it!<\/h4><ul class=\"wpfai-list\"><li class=\"wpfai-list-item facebook\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F26328&amp;t=\" title=\"Facebook\" class=\"wpfai-facebook wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-facebook fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item twitter\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F26328\" title=\"Twitter\" class=\"wpfai-twitter wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-twitter fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item pinterest\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F26328&amp;description=&amp;media=\" title=\"Pinterest\" class=\"wpfai-pinterest wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-pinterest fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item linkedin\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F26328&amp;title=\" title=\"Linked In\" class=\"wpfai-linkedin wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-linkedin fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item envelope\">\r\n      <a href=\"mailto:?subject=&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F26328%20-%20\" title=\"E-Mail\" class=\"wpfai-envelope wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-envelope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item stumbleupon\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F26328\" title=\"Stumble Upon\" class=\"wpfai-stumbleupon wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-stumbleupon fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item reddit\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F26328\" title=\"Reddit\" class=\"wpfai-reddit wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-reddit fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><\/ul><p><b>We have a cultured lot at InsideJapan and we are often asked for some good book recommendations to give a little pre-trip inspiration to get people &#8216;in the mood&#8217; for Japan.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This time, we <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are privileged to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">have a little help from essayist, novelist and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">traveller<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Pico\u00a0Iyer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pico\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">been referred to as \u2018a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">rguably the greatest living travel-writer&#8217; by some. I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">n addition to regular\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">contributions<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0for Time magazine, he has\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">published<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0many books on Japan including\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">his latest, \u2018<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Our very own tour leader extraordinaire and Tokyo office manager, Tyler Palma <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">also<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">offers us his thoughts as someone who has lived and travelled to Japan for a living for the last 15 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pico and Tyler have both chosen to look at writer Donald Richie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26341\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26341 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pico-on-Naoshima-e1587682318431.jpg\" alt=\"Pico Iyer \" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Pico Iyer<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-26347\" src=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Donald-Richie.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Richie Reader\" width=\"152\" height=\"195\" \/><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I would <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">recommend <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Donald Richie&#8221;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0said Pico, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cSpecifically, &#8216;T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he Donald Richie Reader&#8217;.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> E<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ssays on everything from Buddhism to sex, aesthetics to the Imperial Family, intimacy to film, by t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he wise and immortally lucid American writer who\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">spent 66 years<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0based<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in Tokyo, until his death in 2013<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Richie\u2019s grace\u2014<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">beautifully<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0evident in his classic travelogue,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Inland Sea<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211; was to be <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">happy to be a foreigner, yet always wryly sympathetic to the people around him.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;469777462&quot;:[720,1440,2160,2880,3600,4320,5040,5760,6480,7200,7920,8640],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26344\" src=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Profile-Picture-Tyler-Palma-e1587682345752.png\" alt=\"Tyler Palma\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tyler Palma<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-26350\" src=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/inland-sea.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Richie Inland Sea\" width=\"152\" height=\"231\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Inland Sea feels to me the way I imagine one would experience time travel. Places I know well seem completely familiar and yet tinged with an other worldliness reminiscent of a Japan that I only know from movies and books,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d commented Tyler. \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Donald Richie\u2019s deep love for his adopted country are obvious throughout; there is a clear connection to the people of Japan that is missing in so many novels and essays about the country. Rather than focusing on the differences between this old culture and that of \u201cThe West\u201d, Richie\u2019s casual conversations and various encounters are naked and straightforward.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you read this book before visiting the art islands of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Seto<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Inland Sea or before cycling the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Shimanami<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kaido<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> you may feel an odd sense of deja vu<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0like you have been\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">here before. And you will surely feel better prepared to strike up a conversation with a fellow <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">traveller<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0on a ferry or share a beer with a local in a small town\u00a0izakya.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Both Pico Iyer and Donald Richie&#8217;s Japan musings are available at all good online book stores.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>You might like to <\/b><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.insidejapantours.org\/EASTMagazine\/East_Winter_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download<\/a><b> Issue 10 of Inside Travel Group&#8217;s <\/b><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insideasiatours.com\/southeast-asia\/magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Magazine<\/a> <strong>(for free)<\/strong><b>, which features a more in-depth interview with Pico Iyer and some of his thoughts on Japan.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26401\" src=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cover10.jpg\" alt=\"East magazine\" width=\"250\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cover10.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insidejapan.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cover10-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Like this post? 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