false 346040 2 During a year spent in Japan on a personal quest to deepen her appreciation for such Eastern ideals as commitment and devotion, documentary filmmaker Karin Muller discovered just how maddeningly complicated it is being Japanese. In this book Muller invites the reader along for a uniquely American odyssey into the ancient heart of modern Japan. Broad in scope and deftly observed by an author with a rich visual sense of people and place, Japanland is as beguiling as this colorful country of contradictions. 1281267 2005 Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa total:236|5:36|4:95|3:81|2:16|1:8| 236 843 334 58 4 2 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 18:56:18 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 09:23:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 12:53:01 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 13:01:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 15 07:46:36 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 07:49:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 19:18:09 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 19:26:49 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Aug 30 10:22:28 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 10:37:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jul 24 17:49:47 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 17:49:59 -0700 2009
Nevertheless, a compelling read. Japan is not all it appears, it seem...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun May 03 21:16:24 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 21:16:24 -0700 2009 The author, a documentary filmmaker, goes to Japan in an attempt to
find "wa" for herself. The book is a result of her year living there,
and has so many great insights to the Japanese culture, ...more...]]> 4 0 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 15 18:10:37 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 16:33:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 10:20:17 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 10:41:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 14:27:18 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 15:10:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Wed Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 12 06:54:03 -0800 2007 Wed Apr 23 20:25:40 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 12:55:23 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 12:58:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 13 10:42:59 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 12:03:52 -0700 2009 I picked this book up off the new books when my son Peter was visiting Japan in college. Wanted my taste of what he had first hand.
Some vivid experiences in both the contemporary and fabled culture.


This author, a seasoned traveler and film maker will make this into a ...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 18:24:13 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 05:05:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 14:22:06 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 16:41:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 12 13:37:51 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 13:39:39 -0700 2009 3 0 false true Fri May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 20:20:42 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 20:24:16 -0700 2008
The host wife in this story absolutely infuriated me that she would treat the writer the way she did, rather like a w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 22 19:47:44 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 19:49:06 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 01:34:17 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 01:39:09 -0800 2007
A side note on this: I read this book shortly before coming to Japan. I think it starts the whole process of c...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 20:23:59 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 19:55:09 -0700 2007
Karin Muller set off to explore and immerse herself in Japanese culture. Having a black belt in Judo, she lived with a host family who’s head of household taught Judo. She practiced judo with him and how to be a Japanese housewife with his perfec...more...]]>