Abstract

Mysteries and walks are a perfect match.
The "Go and Explore" Reading-Inspired Walking Series continues with its second installment: Seicho Matsumoto!

This guidebook enhances your reading enjoyment by introducing shops and places that served as settings and writing locations for Seicho Matsumoto's works. A great companion for short and medium-distance trips within Japan! [Tokyo Edition] [Musashino Edition] [Kanto/Koshinetsu Edition] [Hokkaido/Tohoku Edition] [Chubu/Hokuriku Edition] [Kyoto/Nara Edition] [Hanshin/Chugoku Edition] [Kitakyushu/Kokura Edition] [Chikushi/Bungo Edition] Includes plenty of columns! "Political Power Brokers and Geography," "Traveler Writer Seicho's Hot Spring Trips," "Newspaper Reporters and Seicho's Literature," "Seicho Museum," "Seicho's Ancient History," and more. *Includes a title index.

Author’s Information

Born in Moji Ward, Kitakyushu City. He spent his summer vacations as a boy in Aso and Usa, and considers Usa Shrine, where his grandfather served as chief priest, his second home. After graduating from Yawata University Affiliated High School (now Kyushu International University Affiliated High School) and Meiji University's Faculty of Letters, he worked for a publishing company before becoming a writer. He has authored numerous books under several pen names, including non-fiction and entertainment novels. His works in this series include "Yukio Mishima's Walking Notebook" (Ohta Publishing).