Nippon

Nippon

Japanese tourism

bibliographic introducing Japanese tourism. Showing photos of public transportation, tourist sites and hotels.

Japanese Government Railways

The Japanese Government Railways
Office of Foreign Affairs
Tokyo, Japan

1928

Weichen Yao, Mian Sun, and Evan Lea

English, French

1685

The Land of Colour, Courtesy and Charm

tourist book, bibliographic, Japanese public transportation, tourist site, hotel

Cover and back are yellow. Inside pages are B/W

well-preserved

Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.

An introduction of Japanese tourism and railway service. Showing photos of Japanese public transportation, like trains and ships, natural and cultural sites and settings of hotels. Under each photo there is a brief description.

1928

1920s

Showa

tourist book

On the cover it shows a picture of Mount Fuji. A rail road with a train passes through the mountain. Title: "Nippon" and its Japanese translation in the middle. "Japanese Government Railways" in the bottom left corner. On the back it shows the sign a of train.

Horizontal octavo single section ribbon tied binding booklet, parallel English and French text, two colour printed card covers, light wear, illustrated with photographs (ironically given the subtitle in black and white), 64 pages.

Tokyo, Japan

English, French

Shucisha, Printers, Tokyo

REJ Research Collection

にほん

1st Edition

64