Help Japan and buy a book!

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The pacific rim has had its fair share of havoc recently. First Christchurch, then Chile, now Japan! If you've thought of going to Japan for the snow, buy a copy of the award-winning Snow-search Japan guidebook and you can donate to a tsunami relief fund for Japan at the same time.

We're all fully aware by now that the north coast of Honshu, Japan was hit by a devastating tsunami after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake which occurred 80 miles offshore. As of Sunday 20th March, the official death toll is now 8,133, with 12,272 people still missing, and over 400,000 are living in temporary shelters.

With the Christchurch quake still so vivid in many Kiwi's minds, I'm sure everyone has been finding the recent footage out of Japan simply heart-breaking. I was in Japan at the time (Hokkaido, fortunately, where there was very little damage) and heart-breaking it truly was. A great season came to an abrupt end in possibly the worst way possible. I didn't feel the quake myself as I was riding at the time, but the devastating after-effects were mind-numbing.

I spent a week in Japan following the disaster, waiting, watching, thinking, wanting to help, but not being in a position to do so. And now I've found a way to help...

Until end of April, WSG-Media (Director Steve Dowle and myself as Coordinating Author of the book) will be donating a minimum of £13.50 (about NZ$30) for every purchase of this book, when ordered directly from this website, to the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. The aim is to sell 1000 books, thereby giving a minimum £13,500 (or NZ$30,000) to the relief efforts.

So please, if you've ever considered a holiday in Japan or have been already and want to explore it more, buy this book and make your contribution.