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Japan is a nation of islands, connected by numerous ferries of a wide variety of types and sizes.Ferry design in Japan has emerged from distinctive cultural conditions and shipbuildingtraditions. Here, for the first time, a history of Japanese ferries from the latter nineteenth century to the present day is presented in the English language. The narrative is wide-ranging,commencing with early coastal packet vessels, continuing with the development of theImperial Government Railways train ferries and the subsequent development of extensive networks of car ferry routes. The story concludes with the sales of Japanese ferries to Greece,Croatia, the Philippines and Indonesia. This book therefore covers a great deal of previouslyuncharted territory in ferry history. Richly illustrated, it brings a refreshing global perspectiveto ferry design and operation.

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Bruce Peter is Reader in Design History at The Glasgow School of Art. He has written numerous books on various aspects of modern merchant ship design and operation. Recent publications include Danish Liners Around the World (Nautilus Forlag, 2014) and Museet i Dokken (Arvinius+Orfeus, 2013). Tsuyoshi Ishiyama (born 1962) is a Japanese ship-lover, who specialised in legal studies at Keio University Faculty of Law and Keio University Graduate School of Law in Tokyo, attaining a Master of Law (LLM) degree whilst going on to qualify as a Maritime Lawer in 1993 and a Travel Service Supervisor in 1996. He has written many articles on ferries for Japanese 'Ferries' magazine, the German 'Ferries Das Fahrschiffahrtsmagazin ' and the British 'Ferryguide 2003/4'.

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