My Awesome Japan Adventure: a Diary about the Best 4 Months Ever!

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Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Contents; Off to Japan; First Impressions; Japanese Breakfast; First week of School; Daisuke's Challenge Origami; Daisuke's Grandfather tells Stories from Long Ago; Rice Harvest; Mari's Challenge How to Make Onigiri; Relaxing with the Family; Martial Arts; Daisuke's Challenge Bowing; Tea Ceremony; Ninja; Micro Sushi; Shodo Class; Daisuke's Challenge Japanese Writing; Visiting Shinto Shrine; Just for Kids; Train Trip to Osaka; New Year; Mari's Challenge Karuta; Making Mochi; Souvenirs; Backcover.;PICKED AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2013 BY THE ASSOCIATION OF BOOKSELLERS FOR CHILDREN! A perfect introduction to Japanese culture for kids, My Awesome Japan Adventure is the diary of an American fifth grader who travels to Japan to spend four exciting months with a Japanese family as an exchange student. He records all his adventures in this diary so that he can tell his friends back home about what he did and saw during his time in Japan. With the help of a Japanese foster brother and sister he visits a Ninja village, tries new foods, learns brush painting, and gets.