Photographs of 19th Century Japan

And this stuff is why I love either super creative science fiction or travelogues (and the formers are hard to find).

You can try to imagine a brand new world or simply try to re-live our real and past world. To me that is even more amazing, as it often can be the door to understanding some things of today's cultures and/or discover lost little worlds.

Currently I'm going through this book of a guy who cycled across Central Asia and in Japan. The guy is sometimes quite direct in his writing (unlike other writers) but it's so interesting to experience the world of just 100-200 years ago through the lens of one living there. I truly recommend it.

Is it "Around the world on a bicycle"? I, too, would like to know the name of this book. Sounds interesting!

Thomas Stevens, really an interesting character. He sometimes makes sweeping generalisations, which makes his writing even more real and not filtered.