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Strange But True Stories from Japan

By Jack , Seward

Book information

Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Year
2004
ISBN
9784805307458, 4805307455
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (6403753 bytes)
Series
Tuttle classics
Edition
1st ed
Pages
240 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Japanese;History;Japan -- Social life and customs;Manners and customs;National characteristics

Description

Strange But True Stories from Japan is a fascinating collection of vignettes, ranging from historical to the personal. Here you will be exposed to the goings-on of Americans serving time in Japanese prisons and the many who claimed the identity of Tokyo Rose.In this eclectic and, well, strange, book you'll relive—from a distance—Kamakura's hara-kiri bloodshed and discover the surprising fate of the armless geisha, Tsuma-kichi. Seward also weaves touching memoir pieces between chapters that recount hilarious instances of fractured English and shocking-to-the-average-American Japanese cuisine. Written with an eye and ear for the theatrical and for the rhythm of Japanese life, this delightful but serious romp through modern Japan brings Seward's wide and varied cultural and military background to center stage.

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