Stephen Mansfield is a British photojournalist and author, based in Japan and specializing in Japanese garden design. Stephen's work has appeared across various magazines, newspapers and journals world-wide, including The Geographical, CNN Travel, Critical Asian Studies and Nikkei Asia. He is the author of twenty books, including the critical history Tokyo A Biography. His work has been translated into French, German, Polish and Chinese.

Pico Iyer is the author of 17 books, translated into 23 languages. Three of them describe his life in Japan over the past 37 years: The Lady and the Monk, Autumn Light and A Beginner's Guide to Japan.