num_pages: 384
description: The beguiling story of the Minaguchi-ya, an ancient inn on the Tokaido Road, founded on the eve of the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. Travelers and guests flow into and past the inn―warriors on the march, lovers fleeing to a new life, pilgrims on their merry expeditions, great men going to and from the capital. The story of the Minaguchi-ya is a social history of Japan through 400 years, a ringside seat to some of the most stirring events of a stirring period.
language: English
title: Japanese Inn
titlecomplete: Japanese Inn
genres: Cultural, Historical, Asia, Japan, Nonfiction, Japanese Literature, Asian Literature, Travel, History
ratings_count: 267
publisher: University of Hawaii Press