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Mindfulness Travel Japan is the perfect travel guide to Japan when you need to breathe, pause, focus and relax

Hidden Pockets in Kyotois your guide to losing yourself in this Japanese city that seamlessly intertwines modern and traditional influences. Whether you’re satisfying your tastebuds in contemporary cafes, wandering among the untarnished architecture of Gion or heading back in time while visiting ancient temples and shrines, Kyoto is a captivating city to explore.   Curated by authors Steve Wide and Michelle Mackintosh, who consider Japan their ‘home away from home’, this travel guide navigates the country’s cultural capital like a local, with chapters for kissatens (coffee shops), gardens, temples, omiyage (local products), mindful experiences and places to enjoy delectable sweets. Build your day with a variety of half-day and full-day itineraries and bask in Kyoto’s seasonal beauty as you explore lantern-lit alleys that reveal the city’s unique precincts, and uncover hidden artisanal treasures and flavors that will challenge and delight your senses. Venture beyond the metropolis to unearth the heart of the city with this Curious Travel Guide.

A Field Guide to ... delves into music¿s most influential genres to uncover the innovators and agitators who changed music history forever. In A Field Guide to Britpop, Steve Wide explores a scene fueled by north¿south rivalries, tribal fashion and a good cup of tea. Uncover the artists and albums, the whös who and hangabouts that defined the era. From Blur¿s jaunty pop, Pulp¿s working-class poetry and Suede¿s dark tales of the elegantly wasted, to the pub sing-alongs of Oasis ¿ Britpop looked to the past to reshape the future, becoming the last true music scene of the 20th century.