Our book group is reading this. The basic subjects are not interesting to me personally: Japanese history, cherry trees, or birds. Getting through much of it was a hard slog. The illustrations and photos helped keep me on track.
Written from Japanese and British points of view, this was and intersection of history, botany, governments, and individuals in the West and East. The book is full of dates and facts, travel descriptions, personal observations, and other data.
It could be of interest those who love Japan, students of geography, politics, and history, as well as those who revel in details of life in East Asian or the UK a century ago.
The value for me in reading it was to explore the history of a passion.
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