Book Log 2019 #35: The Roads to Sata by Alan Booth

This book chronicles Booth's 2000 mile trek from Soya, located on the northernmost point of Hokkaido, to Sata, located in the southermost part of the Home Islands. Having spent most of his life living in Tokyo, Booth's journey is mostly spent in the countryside, where he gets to see a very different side of his adoptive homeland.

For every experience Booth had with lovely vistas and helpful locals, he also seemed to have trouble with finding a place to sleep, fighting with cars for room on the road, and questions from people who couldn't understand why he didn't just drive. Having everything go his way wouldn't make for a very interesting story, but there were times where I wondered why he didn't just pack it in.

Still, it's an engaging travelogue and worth reading to get a period picture of Japan.