We Japanese. Being Descriptions of Many of the Customs, Manners,Ceremonies, Festivals, Arts and Crafts of the Japanese besides Numerous other Subject. Yokohama, Fujiya Hotel Ltd. 2 Volume Set later 1940s printing, signed by author Original Japanese string binding Fujiya Hotel founded in 1878 it catered exclusively to foreign guests in the picturesque surroundings of Miyanoshita, it became one of Japan's leading hotels On becoming manager in 1908, Shozo Yamaguchi began to design menu cards with information on Japanese society and culture printed on the verso These titbits proved immensely popular with visitors, and he decided to compile them into We Japanese, an elaborate souvenir volume given a literary shine by the pen of the prolific author Frederic de Garis Sections discuss subjects ranging from bonsai, geishas, and the works of Hokusai to hairstyles, the Japanese zodiac, and the game of Go Books are handsome and interesting but there is some darkening of parts of some pages, it looks like the books got damp From the estate of a career TWA pilot who traveled the world and died in 2004.