A Year in Japan
A Year in Japan
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- ISBN13: 9781568985404
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A Year in Japan Overviews
The Land of the Rising Sun is shining brightly across the American cultural landscape. Recent films such as Lost in Translation and Memoirs of a Geisha seem to have made everyone an expert on Japan, even if they’ve never been there. But the only way for a Westerner to get to know the real Japan is to become a part of it. Kate T. Williamson did just that, spending a year experiencing, studying, and reflecting on her adopted home. She brings her keen observations to us in A Year in Japan, a dramatically different look at a delightfully different way of life. Avoiding the usual clichés — Japan’s polite society, its unusual fashion trends, its crowded subways — Williamson focuses on some lesser-known aspects of the country and culture. In stunning watercolors and piquant texts, she explains the terms used to order various amounts of tofu, the electric rugs found in many Japanese homes, and how to distinguish a maiko from a geisha. She observes sumo wrestlers in traditional garb as they use ATMs, the wonders of “Santaful World” at a Kyoto department store, and the temple carpenters who spend each Sunday dancing to rockabilly. A Year in Japan is a colorful journey to the beauty, poetry, and quirkiness of modern Japan — a book not just to look at but to experience.
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A Year in Japan CustomerReview
I bought this book just before moving to Osaka, Japan, and I must say Williamson’s observations of the small details of that strange and endearing land are so perfect, that by the end of my time there, I felt as though “A Year in Japan” was MY travel journal. Her whimsical illustrations done in delicate watercolors, and her brief writing to accompany the images, are not meant to be a travel guide informing you on the best udon shop or the cheapest place to stay, but rather to point out all the little things that make Japan unique. I will forever treasure this book as if it were my own story of Japan.
This book would be perfect as a gift to someone who is interested in Japanese culture or for someone who has lived there. It would also make a great coffee table book. It is NOT meant to be a travel guide. There’s very little to read; it’s more about the illustrations.
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