It 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.
The 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.
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I enjoyed Will Ferguson's account of hitchhiking through Japan but I could have done without his visit to the Uwajima Sex Museum. I didn't think that was necessary or appropriate. I also didn't like him calling God a bastard. That's disrespectful of who He is. Overall, however it was a well-written, entertaining book that was very descriptive.