Tune in Tokyo Quotes

“Ignorance may sometimes be bliss, but not when you're wondering whether or not you're on the right train or if what you're about to eat is filled with bean paste and not chocolate.”
― Tim Anderson, Tune in Tokyo: The Gaijin Diaries

“Japanese addresses typically involve three numbers separated by dashes (e.g., 3-35-31). The first of these is the sub-area where the house or building is located, the second is the block it is on, and the third is the building number. And when these numbers are added together, the sum equals the percentage chance that you are never going to find the building you're looking for.”
― Tim Anderson, Tune in Tokyo: The Gaijin Diaries

“it’s my God-given right as an American to speak my mind and fill others’ ears with my thoughts, my opinions, my innermost feelings, and my repressed childhood memories. It”
― Tim Anderson, Tune in Tokyo: The Gaijin Diaries

“gaijin, n. 1. foreigner, outsider 2. pest, big fat alien, one who must be stared at on trains”
― Tim Anderson, Tune in Tokyo: The Gaijin Diaries