{"product_id":"complete-beginners-guide-to-japan","title":"Complete Beginner's Guide to Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the beginning, the story goes, two gods conjured the islands out of primordial cha-\nos with the tip of a sacred spear. The ‘Great Eight-Island Country’, Japan has always\nfollowed its own unique path, often alone through centuries of deliberate isolation.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eContact and conflict with other nations has often taken the form of flashpoints of\nsocial and technological shock: firearms, trade ships electric light and atom bombs.\nYet despite the challenges that have beset it from outside and from within, Japan has\nmaintained and expanded its singular and compelling culture for thousands of years.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eToday Japan is a key player on the world stage, a technological powerhouse, and an\nicon of non-aggressive international policy. Amid its hi-tech cities, ancient shrines call\nthe faithful to venerate heavenly gods and the spirits of the land. Glittering technological marvels vie with traditional folklore; culinary practices and ceremonies to beguile\nvisitors; and ancient buildings still hide in the shadows of the new.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Danann Media Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54638005584216,"sku":"9781917259149","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781917259149_d38ddb6d-394a-4c84-9d8c-16b519ba048e.jpg?v=1765706454","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/complete-beginners-guide-to-japan","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}