Japan diary Book

This book is charming and fascinating, and the sketches are just the icing on the cake. And you can read it for free from google books! You should read this book if you like any or all of the following: a) history, b) Japan, c) travelogues, d) Connie Willis' Doomsday Book, e) old-school nerdy naturalists (Darwin, etc), f) architecture, g) steampunk, h) Samurai Champloo, i) Beatrix Potter's Letters.