by Thomas Cook · EDICIONES GRANICA BARCELONA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475774930
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«Japón» is the Thomas Cook travel guide, published by Ediciones Granica in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
Practical guide for preparing a trip to Japan: it brings together descriptions of places of interest, some little known, useful data and advice on gastronomy, accommodation, shopping and nightlife, and includes detailed maps and an introduction to the Japanese lifestyle and customs.
The guide belongs to the Thomas Cook Travellers series and was published in 1997; ISBN 9788475774930.
Aimed at travellers who want to plan a trip to Japan on their own and need practical references on culture, accommodation, restaurants and shopping.
Thomas Cook was the founder of the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son. He was born into a poor family in Derbyshire and left school at the age of ten to start work as a gardener's boy. He served an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker before becoming an itinerant Baptist preacher. He was a supporter of the temperance movement and his first foray into tourism was a railway excursion to Loughborough for members of the Leicester Temperance Society in 1841. Following the success of this excursion, Cook, by now settled with his family in Leicester, began to organise tours further afield in the British Isles and, eventually, to the United States, Egypt and the Holy Land. In 1872, he went into business with his son as Thomas Cook & Son, with a head office in London. Following his retirement in 1878, he returned to Leicester and took an interest in the Baptist church and charitable work until his death. Cook is credited with having, through his all-inclusive tours, made travel and tourism accessible to a wider public.
