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Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jun-2026 11:16:14 JST Minoru Saba

"Isabella Bird's 'Unbeaten Tracks in Japan': The struggle to find a competent guide (Pt. 3)"
"Most [candidates] had evidently imagined no more than the role of an interpreter for a pleasure tour. Yet Bird's purpose was altogether different -- a journey through the northeastern provinces and onward to Hokkaido, a venture that was, in no small measure, perilous and undertaken at the risk of her life."
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260604/p2a/00m/0et/037000c
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  Isabella Bird arrived in Japan in May 1878 (the 11th year of the Meiji era). After completing the necessary entry formalities, she spent some time bas

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