Tozan: A Japanese Mountain Odyssey

Meet Willie – Aussie expat cum Osaka barfly. Bored with life he quits his cushy teaching job, and boasting all the bluster of a modern-day Crocodile Dundee coupled with the hiking street-smarts of a Walk in the Woods era Bill Bryson, he heads off into the Japanese backcountry. His intent? To climb the nation’s 100 most beloved mountains – THE HYAKUMEIZAN – by Christmas. The thing is, the silly bugger’s hardly ever camped in his life, can barely speak the local language and probably thinks ‘bears’ sit in trees and chew gum leaves all day. And…it’s already June! Pull those pack straps tight and join him on a madman’s romp through parts of Japan most locals dare not tread. From the far flung reaches of Hokkaido to the volcanic moonscapes of Kyushu, meet the characters inhabiting this mountainous land and laugh, cry and grimace as this unique adventure unfolds. —- ISBN: 9784600014230