Isabella L. Bird 
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan [PDF ebook] 
An Account of Travels in the Interior, Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrine of Nikko

Nineteenth-century English traveler, writer, and natural historian Isabella Bird contributes this stunning narrative to the genre of early travelogues about Japan. The volume Unbeaten Tracks in Japan includes a series of essays recounting Bird’s months-long sojourn in the Far East. Already a treat for fans of 19th century travel literature, the book is rendered all the more unique by virtue of Bird’s perspective as a Western female traveling alone in Japan.