Description: THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Chris Broad explores Japan in all its quirky glory..Endlessly fascinating!'Will Ferguson, author of Hokkaido Highway Blues'Carves a unique path across Japan bringing him into contact with far too many cats, heartening renewal in Tohoku, and even pizza with Ken Watanabe.'Iain Maloney, author of The Only Gaijin in the Village'Fascinating, fact-packed and very funny..An excellent and enjoyable read for the Japan-curious. I loved it and learned a lot.'Sam Baldwin, author of For Fukui's Sake: Two years in rural JapanWhen Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history?Abroad in Japan charts a decade of living in a foreign land and the chaos and culture clash that came with it. Packed with hilarious and fascinating stories, this book seeks out to unravel one the world's most complex cultures.Spanning ten years and all forty-seven prefectures, Chris takes us from the lush rice fields of the countryside to the frenetic neon-lit streets of Tokyo. With blockbuster moments such as a terrifying North Korean missile incident, a mortifying experience at a love hotel and a week spent with Japan's biggest movie star, Abroad in Japan is an extraordinary and informative journey through the Land of the Rising Sun.
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EAN: 9781804992227
UPC: 9781804992227
ISBN: 9781804992227
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Book Title: Abroad in Japan
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books, The Limited
Topic: Asia / Japan, Asia / General, Personal Memoirs, Essays & Travelogues
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.7 in
Genre: Travel, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 0.5 Oz
Item Length: 7.8 in
Author: Chris Broad
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback