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Peter Shaw never really had Japan on his radar.
He just happened to land there on a two-day lay-over on his way to Paris in 1989.
But something happened as he wandered the street, finding himself completely out of his depth. There were mysteries to the place he wanted to unlock.
Japan, he admits, became something of an obsession.
29 trips later, the self-confessed Japanophile, has tried to capture in a new book exactly what it is about the country he loves so much.
The result is Japan: An Autobiography, a pocket-sized guide to the places he's been and the things he's seen - that nicely melds Peter's experience as a journalist, music critic, art curator and design history teacher.
