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Japan for Starters: 52 Things You Need to Know About Japan
Book by Danziger, Charles
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First published October 1, 1996
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May 13, 2024
Found this while cleaning out a bookshelf. I remember reading this in the 90s and being so curious to go to Japan some day!
It's about 30 years later, I've been five times and married someone who lived there. Flipping through this now is a nostalgic trip back in time. The four stars is a nostalgia-heavy rating as most travel guides and the internet make a book like this odd in 2024, but it's an interesting view into culture in a way you don't see on the internet.
Also the essay on the homeless, and the Japanese police insisting there were no homeless people in Japan stuck with me for all these years.
It's about 30 years later, I've been five times and married someone who lived there. Flipping through this now is a nostalgic trip back in time. The four stars is a nostalgia-heavy rating as most travel guides and the internet make a book like this odd in 2024, but it's an interesting view into culture in a way you don't see on the internet.
Also the essay on the homeless, and the Japanese police insisting there were no homeless people in Japan stuck with me for all these years.
May 8, 2019
Entertaining and informative but the puns tend to be formulaic and tiring after a while. After many years since this has been published, so much of it is still true.
December 31, 2018
2 Stars = Blah. It didn't do anything for me.
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