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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://toad.social/users/minorusaba/statuses/116791348473897385">Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Monday, 22-Jun-2026 11:16:14 JST</a><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba" title="minorusaba@toad.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/139443-48-20230930221108.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Minoru Saba" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Minoru Saba</a></section><article><p>"Isabella Bird's 'Unbeaten Tracks in Japan': The struggle to find a competent guide (Pt. 3)"</p><p>"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."<br><a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260604/p2a/00m/0et/037000c" rel="nofollow">https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260604/p2a/00m/0et/037000c</a><br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/IsabellaBird" rel="tag">#IsabellaBird</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Meiji" rel="tag">#Meiji</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Japan" rel="tag">#Japan</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6495576#notice-12784880">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-06-22T11:16:14+09:00" title="Monday, 22-Jun-2026 11:16:14 JST">about 5 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/116791348473897385" rel="external" title="Sent from toad.social via ActivityPub">toad.social</a></span></span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/116791348473897385">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.mainichi.jp</div><h5><a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260604/p2a/00m/0et/037000c">Isabella Bird's 'Unbeaten Tracks in Japan': The struggle to find a competent guide (Pt. 3) - The Mainichi</a></h5><div> from <span>https://www.facebook.com/themainichi/</span></div></header><div>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</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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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."
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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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