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Getting Genki In Japan: The Adventures and Misadventures of an American Family in Tokyo
Author(s): Karen Pond (Author), Akiko Saito (Illustrator)
- Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
- Publication Date: 10 May 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 192 pages
- ISBN-10: 4805311762
- ISBN-13: 9784805311769
Book Description
The unexpected gift of a favored bottle of shiraz from her husband leads to the adventure of a lifetime for Karen Pond and her family–moving from rural Maine to the largest city in the world: Tokyo, Japan.
Getting Genki in Japan is a collection of illustrated travel and culture essays and musings of a Down East Mom’s absurd and exhilarating adventures in the Far East. From bewildered and befuddled (and back again) to (somewhat) wise, these narratives recount a journey of cultural discoveries, experiences and the follies of a newcomer to Japan; including (mis)identifying food, (mis)pronouncing Japanese, (mis)pantomiming for necessities, and finally figuring out how to flush the Japanese toilet!
