{"product_id":"9781841952888","title":"Hokkaido Highway Blues : Hitchhiking Japan","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Ferguson, Will \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eJapan\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 June 2003 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 23 | 240g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbridged editionIt had never been done before. Not in 4000 years of Japanese recorded history had anyone followed the Cherry Blossom Front from one end of the country to the other. Nor had anyone hitchhiked the length of Japan. But, heady on sakura and sake, Will Ferguson bet he could do both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe resulting travelogue is one of the funniest and most illuminating books ever written about Japan. And, as Ferguson learns, it illustrates that to travel is better than to arrive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54942476042615,"sku":"9781841952888","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781841952888.jpg?v=1741629721","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781841952888","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}