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Sports, Outdoor Activities
Books on this
page may be ordered from IMC
(imcbook). We are in Tokyo
and you can reach us by email, fax, letter or by visiting our office in
Iriya (near Ueno and Asakusa). Books also link to
Amazon.com (via ISBN). In some cases you can click on the cover picture
to see more detail. Prices
are in Japanese Yen or US$ unless otherwise indicated.
Additional tax and
shipping charges may apply. Most books can be mailed worldwide. If you
will come to our office, call first to make sure we have the book
immediately available. Also see books in business &
communications , non-fiction,
novels, stories,
poetry and in our
other book-list pages. If a book is marked [PREMIUM
book] it is available but in short supply and is sold at
a premium over the quoted price. All books are "paperback" (soft cover)
unless otherwise indicated.
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Fair
Play: Behind the Scenes of Sports Marketing
by Jack Sakazaki
Yen 1,500++, 146pp, paperback, 147x210pp, 1-933606-07-X,
285g
For more than 30 years the author has been involved in the sports
marketing business. At its earliest stages in Japan, Jack Sakazaki
recognized opportunity. Organizers of sports events were not aware of
the importance of selling events to potential sponsors and also failed
to understand the advertising and television value that came with it.
This is a book about his experiences in the industry.
Sakazaki has seen and been a part of the amazing growth that has
happened during the past 30 years in sporting events, televised sports,
sports advertising and related marketing. An interesting story for
anyone interested in business in Japan, but this is also the story of
Jack Sakazaki and how he struggled and how he succeeded.
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Four
Pairs of Boots: A 3,200 Kilometer Hike the Length of Japan
by Craig McLachlan
Yen 1,340++, 277pp, paperback, 110x178mm, 4-89684-253-7,
252g
Pilgrims, or henro as they are known in Japanese, have been
walking clockwise around Shikoku, Japan's fourth largest island, for
well over one thousand years. They follow in the footsteps of the great
Buddhist saint Kobodaishi, searching for the ever elusive enlightenment
that he found there. They visit the 88 sacred temples, and in
overcoming the hardships of the journey they become better for it, or
so the theory goes! Nowadays nearly all henro travel in cars,
taxis or buses, and physical hardship
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Hiking in Alaska 2nd ed
by Jim DuFresne
$19.99, 326pp, 126x185mm, 1-86450-038-7,
345g
From the rain forests and glaciers of Southeast Alaska to the rugged
mountains and tundra of interior, this is a practical guide to the
wilderness accessible to the novice and experienced hiker alike ....
That edited blurb from the cover of this fine Lonely Planet book makes
hiking in Alaska seem easy. It isn't, certainly not for the "novice",
but Alaska can be a great experience.
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Hiking in Japan
by Mason Florence, Craig McLachlan, Richard Ryall, Anthony Weersing,
Chris Rowthorn, $19.99, 2001, 440pp, 128x184mm, 1-86450-039-5,
376g (out of print)
Filled with practical information on predeparture recommendations,
suggested hiking itineraries including temple and pilgrim trails,
camping gear, responsible hiking, cultural and historical facts and
handy translations with kanji. Excellent
reference for travelers interested in Japan’s national parks, flora and
fauna, and wildlife.
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Hyakumeizan:
Japan's 100 Mountain Challenge by Craig McLachlan (currently
not available)
Yen 1,300+, 1998, 249pp, paperback, 110x177mm, 4-89684-262-6
Japan's 100 Famous Mountains. 100 peaks that can be summitted by anyone
willing to make the effort. Some easy, some hard. An average height of
2,200 metres, with 13 over 3,000 metres. Who on earth would try to
conquer the whole lot in 100 days? Two crazy Kiwis, that's who! In May
1997, Craig McLachlan and Travis Taiaros set out on the ultimate
adventure. As Craig said before they started out, "Overplanning kills
adventure". They didn't overplan. This is the story of their 78-day
journey to the summit of all 100 Famous Mountains, and the fascinating
experiences they had along the way.
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Japan - 6,000 miles on a
bicycle by Leigh
Norrie
NEW 2008
Yen 2,000, 2008, 229p, paperback, 418g, 9781933606149
This book is not about tour cycling, but it is. It's not about Japan,
but it is. It's not about sightseeing, but it is. In short, this book
is about six months of someone's life -- a journey. As with all
journeys, it begins with uncertainty and ends in reward. It may inspire
you. If it does nothing more, this adventure will have achieved more
than I ever imagined. -- the author.
Japan is not an easy place to cycle. The roads are narrow and crowded.
Flat land is scarce, 15% of the total, and the result is long uphill
climbs soon followed by another and another, but a good hot
Japanese bath, meal and new found friends can make it all worthwhile.
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Rediscovering
the Old Tokaido: In the Footsteps of Hiroshige by
Patrick Carey
$55.00 (++), 147pp, (2000 reprint 2005), hardcover, 136x215mm, 1-901903-10-9
All fifty-five prints from
Hiroshige's "Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido" are reproduced in
full-colour, supporting a detailed and intriguing account of the
author's rediscovery on foot of the historic 303-mile road from Edo
(Tokyo) to Kyoto. Most Japanese imagine that the 'Old Tokaido',
connecting the two ancient capitals, no longer exists. It is assumed
that the road has been almost entirely obliterated by twentieth-century
modernization. Fired by some clues obtained from old books
and maps, the author set out to investigate whether this was really so.
More importantly, he followed 'in the footsteps of Hiroshige' and armed
with copies of the famous woodblock prints that Hiroshige produced
after his own journey in 1832, he tried to identify, in the modern
landscape, the sites that Hiroshige had depicted. This is his full and
frank account supported
by many parallel photographs of the Hiroshige locations as they are
today, bringing the old and new Japan together for real-time and
armchair travellers alike.
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Remembering
Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game
by Robert K Fitts, foreword by Robert Whiting,
2005, 272pp, $19.95, 0-8093-2630-2,
(Writing Baseball Series) Transports
us onto diamonds and into dugouts on the other side of the globe, where
the vigorous sportsmanship of the game and the impassioned devotion of
its fans transcend cultural and geographic borders and prove that
baseball is fast becoming an international pastime. Called Yakyu,
baseball has been played in Japan since the 1890s but has only recently
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Tales of a Summer Henro
by Craig McLachlan
Yen 1,300, 1997, 240pp, 110x175mm, 220g, 4-89684-257-X
Pilgrims, or henro as they are known in Japanese, have been
walking
clockwise around Shikoku, Japan's fourth largest island, for well over
one thousand years. They follow in the footsteps of the great Buddhist
saint Kobodaishi, searching for the ever elusive enlightenment that he
found there. They visit the 88 sacred temples, and in overcoming the
hardships of the journey they become better for it. Or so the theory
goes! Nowadays nearly all henro travel in cars, taxis or buses,
and
physical hardship doesn't come into it! I was a henro in the
sweltering
summer of 1995 and this book contains the tales of my journey. CRAIG
McLACHLAN
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The
Samurai Way of Baseball: The Impact of Ichiro and the New
Wave from Japan by Robert Whiting, $14.95, 2005, 336pp, 0446694037
In his classic bestseller You Gotta Have Wa the author wrote about
American baseball players who played in Japan. In this book, Whiting
chronicles the elite Japanese players who currently
excel in the major leagues-and shows how they have profoundly
influenced the American national pastime. Ichiro, Nomo, Hasegawa,
Hideki
Matsui...one by one they have come to America and made their mark as
incredibly gifted and popular ballplayers. But this new wave of
athletes - led by the sensational Ichiro Suzuki, whom many refer to as
the
best all-around player-is just the tip of a fascinating iceberg.
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You
Gotta Have Wa: When Two Cultures Colide on a Baseball Diamond
by Robert Whiting, $14.95, 1990, 339pp, 067972947X
An important element in
Japanese baseball is wa—group harmony—embodied in the proverb "The nail
that sticks up shall be hammered down". But what if the nail is a
visiting American player? Here's a look at Japanese baseball, as seen
by baffled Americans. IMC comments: One of those books that succeeds in
taking to one culture about another. Lessons told with humor. Lessons
from the diamond that apply to business and many aspects of life.
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note 1 - If you are in Japan, be
sure to look for this book using the Amazon.co.jp link in the right
column of this page.
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