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Originally Posted by
paulkal
I will try to get that book. The end of this year we are going again to Japan. Here is my Gazelle in Japan, at Izu-hanto, not to far from Tokyo.
The book should not be difficult to obtain. It caused an outrage when it first appeared, and van Wolferen was accused of Japan bashing. IMHO Van Wolferen had not produced a polemic as much as a work of descriptive sociology.
Did you find your Gazelle in Japan? If so, it must have been a fortunate find because frames that large are not common here — as you must know. If you get up North, you should get in touch.
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