Ryokan – a novel experience in Kyoto
Seeking a novel experience in Japan… Whilst you might not judge a book by its cover, the book itself might open a whole new world for you. Before ever going to Japan we had by coincidence read ‘Shogun’ by James Clavell. If you don’t know, it’s a somewhat stylised ‘faction’ book about the struggle for power, through battle and intrigue in the time of the feudal Emperors; as seen through the eyes of the English sailor John...
