![]() ![]() It always sounds stupid to describe something as "laugh-out-loud-funny", but parts of his concisely-sectioned travelogue are savagely hilarious. Insight Japan * A mild stroke of genius … it's difficult not to warm to his free-wheeling style. That so much of it is side-splittingly funny helps. Sunday Times * I enjoyed Hokkaido Highway Blues immensely – Mr Ferguson is a very gifted writer - Bill Bryson * Loaded with insights and highly original observations, this is overall an outstanding piece of travel writing. ![]() Hitching allows him to give us a fresh and funny perspective on a nation that can be both mysterious and "beyond surreal". ![]() Scotsman * Beneath that thick skin lies a poetic soul: he may drink too much, and end up sweaty and alone in sad 'Love Hotels', but he can write about Shintoism, history, nature and architecture with real sensitivity. * A fantastically offbeat odyssey brimming with irony, poetry and insight. And, as Ferguson learns, it illustrates that to travel is better than to arrive. The resulting travelogue is one of the funniest and most illuminating books ever written about Japan. But, heady on sakura and sake, Will Ferguson bet he could do both. Nor had anyone hitchhiked the length of Japan. Not in 4000 years of Japanese recorded history had anyone followed the Cherry Blossom Front from one end of the country to the other. Home > Travel > Hokkaido Highway Blues Hokkaido Highway Blues By (author) Will Ferguson ![]()
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