No comments about Notes on Japanese Cuisine.

4 comments about Daido Moriyama.

1. As someone who saw Moriyama's fantastic show at the SF MOMA I had to buy this book. Great gritty black and white photos examining post WWII Japanese Culture. Includes a fairly extensive intro detailing his influences and his career.



2. I've seen several books and articles on Japanese photography that seem to feature bad cameras, low resolution, muddy printing/reproduction. This is one of them. However, the pictures are disturbing, affecting. Some don't work for me.

   Does it help to say, I lost a copy of this in a fire, and am buying it back?

   Or that I recommend it highly to anybody who thinks they need better equipment to take good photographs.




3. Some of the finest modern photography from Japan has been produced by Daido Moriyama. Defying any categories (including the "modern" one I gave him above, Moriyama stretches the boundaries of photography and peers into the dark and blurry places that scare us. The book's comments on each photo are extremely worthwhile also, providing an insight into Daido's work that isn't found elsewhere.



4. Book is well done - Beautiful photography ! Recommended to anyone that likes great photographs.

No comments about Baedeker Tokyo (Baedeker's City Guides).

No comments about Bachelor's Japan (Tut Books).

No comments about Shopper's Guide to Japan: Getting the Most and the Best for Your Yen! (Quick-Guides).

1 comments about Best of Tokyo.

1. Billed as "an insider's guide to the best restaurants, bars, clubs, hotels, shops, sights, and events in Tokyo," this book is a "must have" resource if you are going to spend any time at all in Tokyo. It covers not only the traditional Japanese topics (sushi, antique kimono, woodblock prints, shinto shrines, etc.), but also lists many pleasant surprises that are often overlooked by other sources. These include such diverse topics as best toy store, bird watching, industrial showrooms, cemetery, sleaze pickup bar, flea markets, shoe shop, model trains, and many, many more.

   The handy size of the book and the easy to use format makes it ideal for planning a long vacation in Tokyo or for dipping into when you only have a few hours to roam the streets in one of the world's most exciting cities.

   Note that Tokyo changes quickly and therefore some of the places listed will no longer be there, but there is likely to be something equally interesting in their place.

No comments about Travels in Japan.

No comments about Japan Today.

No comments about ONCE A FOOL -- From Japan to Alaska by Amphibious Jeep!.

No comments about Japanese etiquette (Tourist library. [New ser.] 18).