THE Edinburgh-based Luath Press hs published The Insider’s Guide to Scotland. It’s in Japanese. This is not to stop the English from heading north, rather to encourage visiting Japanese to get a beter experience.
The book does not advise: “If you want to met a real Scot, take a trip to London.” But it does advise tourists to:
1. Avoid people dressed in green or blue football shirts
2. Not to eat “weird” Lorne sausages.
3. Avoid council estates and other favelas
4. Try Irn-Bru
5. Not to refer to kilts as “skirts”
6. Not to expect anything by way of service: “Please do not expect to ha