Inland Sea Author:Donald Richie "Earns its place on the very short shelf of books on Japan that are of permanent value."-Times Literary Supplement. ??Sheltered between Japan's major islands lies the Inland Sea, a place modernity passed by. In this classic travel memoir, Donald Richie embarks on a quest to find Japan's timeless heart among its mysterious waters and forgo... more »tten islands. This edition features an introduction by Pico Iyer, photographs from the award-winning PBS documentary, and a new afterword. First published in 1971, The Inland Sea is a lucid, tender voyage of discovery and self-revelation.??Donald Richie is the foremost authority on Japanese culture and cinema with 40+ books in print.« less