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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
Jul 24, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: travel, japan, nonfiction
Who can fathom the ways of readers? Here I was, smack-dab in the middle of a book about a person who travels to China, and I suddenly find myself drawn to a book about a person who travels to Japan. This one. Go figure.

Nevertheless, a compelling read. Japan is not all it appears, it seems. In fact, that's the central theme of the book, the mask that Japan and the Japanese wear for the rest of the world. All is well, the mask says, while underneath the person dies for another day. This take on Ja
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Daisy
Jul 30, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: japan, out-of-towners
Jocelyn
Aug 08, 2011 marked it as to-read
Samantha
Mar 26, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: memoir, travel
Terri
Sep 22, 2017 marked it as around-the-world
Shelves: japanese-culture
Suzanne
Jul 09, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Tammy Grimm
Dec 24, 2020 marked it as to-read
Keeley
Aug 25, 2021 marked it as to-read