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Lost Japan: Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan by Kerr, Alex is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Lost Japan: Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan about?

An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future. Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in Japan over thirty years. Alex Kerr brings to life the ritualized world of Kabuki, retraces his initiation into Tokyo's boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, and tells the story of the hidden valley that became his home. But the book is not just a love letter. Haunted throughout by nostalgia for the Japan of old, Kerr's book is part paean to that great country and culture, part epitaph in the face of contemporary Japan's environmental and cultural destruction. Winner of Japan's 1994 Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize. Alex Kerr is an American writer, antiques collector and Japanologist. Lost Japan is his most famous work. He was the first foreigner to be awarded the Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize for the best work of non-fiction published in Japan.

Who reads Lost Japan: Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan?

Author

Kerr, Alex

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781864503920

Category

history

Subjects

History, Travel, Asia Travel

Rating

3.87 / 5 (113 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14