Ebook guide to hiking and biking in Chikuma City, Nagano

Chikuma City author and resident, Peter Ninnes, has published “Hiking, Walking and Biking Nagano: 20 Nature, History and Culture Tours in Chikuma City,” covering 8 town walks and 12 mountain hikes in this centrally located city just two hours from Tokyo.

For residents and visitors who have already done the well-known big cities and tourist trails, this detailed English language guide makes an enchanting part of Japan highly accessible, resulting in a more interesting and enjoyable visit for users.

“I was inspired to write it by my own hiking, especially experiencing the breathtaking vistas, peaceful forests and diverse history of the area”, said Ninnes. “At the same time, I had to do a lot of research in Japanese to find the routes and the facts about the places. So I figured providing all that information in English would make life easier for visitors and help them get a lot more out of their trip.”

The book is available on Smashwords at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/109305. For a limited time (until Dec 24), buyers can get a discount by using the coupon code MK94M when purchasing. A single purchase of the book gives readers access to a range of formats for their personal use, including versions that can be read on portable devices such as Android and Windows phones, Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Kindle, as well as on desktops and laptops.

In addition to maps, photographs and detailed English descriptions, the ebook includes kanji for key points on the route, advises when to hike, provides GPS coordinates for the starting points, and has hyperlinks to the relevant Google map. Once users have downloaded the book onto a phone or other portable device, they can use it to find the starting point, and then carry it on their hike and check the route as they go.

About Peter Ninnes

Originally from Adelaide, South Australia, Peter Ninnes has lived in a diverse range of countries including the U.S., Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. He has lived in Japan for more than four years, and has traveled extensively in North America, Southeast Asia, Europe, Australia and the Pacific. He has worked as a science teacher and university professor, and he now does educational consultancy work in between writing travel books.

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