At the beginning of the Meiji era, ten years since the Meiji Restoration, one British woman traveled to Tohoku and Hokkaido in Japan.

Her name was Isabella L. Bird (1831-1904).
She published a document of her trip called "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan" in London.

This book is not an academic investigation, but a valuable and detailed recording of the Japanese country life in those days.

Ordinary occurrences would have been omitted in a Japanese account.

With eyes full of curiosity, she diligently recorded the roads, food, clothing, shelters, hygiene practices, services rendered to travelers, and even fleas.

As a matter of course, the things mentioned in her book have changed tremendously over the last 130 years.
A reader can tell the differences between then and now - some parts changed and some didn't.

I want to trace her route, which she traveled with a horse and a rickshaw, by bicycle.