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Lonely Planet Japan by Chris Rowthorn Andrew Bender John Ashburne Sara Benson David Atkinson Craig McLachlan Strangely Annoyed I have lots of guidebooks - and lots of Lonely Planets, for that matter. But despite the fact that they say they are for "independent travellers", I keep finding ridiculous reviews on restaurants and hotels, to the point where I've stopped using them. The History, Snapshot, and similar...read more...

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The Last Samurai (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Edward Zwick Japan, and a man, at the crossroads This epic swashbuckler is also the story of a man's search for peace and meaning, with a debt to both Dances with Wolves - Extended Cut (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) and James Clavell's Shogun. It's 1876, bare months after Custer's Last Stand, and Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a survivor of th...read more...