An Affair to Remember with Japan

by Phyllis Hillerman Watt

Phyllis, this is a spectacular and fascinating memoir. Not only did I learn so much about you, but I learned a tremendous amount about Japanese culture and customs, especially about all the fine details of Japanese domestic life. Your memory, attention to minute yet important and interesting details - especially eating, sleeping, and bathing arrangements - passages about the bombing, and shipboard accounts are riveting. This is a moving, powerful, graceful, and loving tribute to the years you spent in Japan, and more importantly, to your ability to truly make the most of it. - Linda Charnes, Professor of English, Indiana University

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Phyllis Hillerman Watt was a model, artist, and civil servant who lived in Los Angeles and Japan. She spent seven years in Japan with the Occupation Forces and later wrote An Affair to Remember with Japan, chronicling her experiences abroad and at home.

Reviews

[Natalie Watt]

Re-reading my grandmother’s memoir about her time working and living in Japan. How ironic that I would later marry someone obsessed with Japan and its culture and we would later elope in Japan ❤️

[Cara W.]

May be a bit biased considering I’m lucky enough to be the authors granddaughter. Wonderful and rich stories making me homesick for country I haven’t visited

[Sylvia]

This book has a lot of information about how it was in Japan in the 50's. The writer is telling about her experiences as she was employed as a DAC (Department of the Army Civilian) in Japan. Also included are letters she wrote to her family back in America.