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From flying a plane over Japan\u2019s most active volcano to staying overnight in a mountain-top temple, this guide will encourage readers to explore more than just the famous sights. Packed with enthralling and hilarious anecdotes from Chris\u2019 own travels and guides to etiquette, essential Japanese and top tips for what to eat, buy, and see, this will be the only book you ever need to take to Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":118349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[16428,26102,15971],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-118347","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-pre-order-carousel","product_cat-signed-and-special-editions","product_cat-travel","first","instock","sold-individually","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chris Broad Journey Across Japan Signed Book Pre Order<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/product\/journey-across-japan-signed-chris-broad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Broad Journey Across Japan Signed Book Pre Order\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Signed Hardback | Journey Across Japan by Chris Broad Secure your signed copy of Journey Across Japan, the highly anticipated new book from Chris Broad, bestselling author of Abroad in Japan. 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