Byron Mystery Book

A remarkable book. I've read many of Hearn's writings and each one is a delight. This is no exception. If you want an extremely rare insight into Japanese culture around 1890, this book is I think the best I have read of his or of any others, including Marie Stopes - A Journal from Japan. After a number of visits myself to many places in northern, central and southern Japan, Hearn's observations still largely remain true. His observation of I think 5 policemen for 36,000 people of the Oki District (in 1891) and they only kept an eye on health regulations etc! Virtually no crime at all. I remember walking near Takamatsu in the western suburbs of Tokyo in 2004 and regularly seeing children aged less than 5, walking unacompanied and hand in hand to school in the mornings. Delightful. May it remain so.