Hitching Rides With Buddha: A Journey Across Japan - Will Ferguson

Published in an abridged pocketbook version in the UK, under the title “Hokkaido Highway Blues,” Will Ferguson’s critically acclaimed travel memoir has now been fully restored and revised.

“As a wordsmith and a traveller, Ferguson knows where he is going.”
- Boston Globe

"Beneath that thick skin lies a poetic soul: he may drink too much, and end up sweaty and alone in sad 'Love Hotels', but he can write about Shintoism, history, nature and architecture with real sensitivity."
- Sunday Times

Hokkaido Highway BluesFollow Will Ferguson as he hitchhikes 1,800 miles north through Japan following the cherry blossoms as they bloom across the country (a phenomenon known as the Sakura Zensen).