Japan Coloring Book

About this book

Color your way through Kansai — the historic heart of Japan.

This second volume of the Japan Coloring Book series takes you to sixty real places across Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Hyogo, Shiga and Wakayama: Zen temples and imperial villas in Kyoto, the sacred deer park of Nara, Osaka's oldest temple and its great drum-bridge shrine, the castle in the sky at Takeda, Hikone Castle on Lake Biwa, the floating hall of Ukimido, and the vermilion pagoda beside Nachi Falls, Japan's tallest waterfall.

Every place appears twice: as a full-color photo guide with a short, fascinating story — and as a detailed coloring page of the very same view. Print only the odd pages and color at home, following the photograph or inventing your own season. None of these sixty places appeared in Volume 1.

Inside you will find: 60 coloring pages of real temples, shrines, castles, gardens and waterfalls 60 full-color photo guides with the history of each place (80–120 words each) A simple "print only the coloring pages" guide at the front Famous sights and hidden gems: Togetsukyo Bridge, Horyu-ji, Sumiyoshi Taisha, the moss-green reflection room of Ruriko-in, the ancient pilgrimage steps of the Kumano Kodo, and many more

A relaxing journey through Japan's old capitals — no plane ticket required.