A Gaijin's Guide to Japan: An alternative look at Japanese life, history and culture

by Ben Stevens

In this alternative look at Japanese life, history and culture, Ben Stevens looks at the good, the bad and the plain weird from a Westerner's viewpoint. His book is an A-Z that covers all aspects of Japanese life.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Japan

263 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Kenya Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm writing a New Adult contemporary romance set in Japan and this book was just a fun way to learn slang and culture in this amazing country.

[Niki Ganong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Choto chapters outline the wheres, whys and "wa"s of Japanese culture and history. It's a cheap Kindle download and was an entertaining and informative supplement to a recent trip.

[Hasini | bibliosini · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very resourceful - and hilarious - guide to Japan!

[Elaine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting and useful bite size sections of information which gave me some insight before I visited Japan.

[Tami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Haven't gone through the whole thing, but i think it's pretty cool, cultural references A to Z. Fun stuff, and not the super common what is a bento kind.