Getting Genki In Japan
The Adventures and Misadventures of an American Family in Tokyo
Published on 7. August 2012
192 pages
978-1-4629-0859-2 (ISBN)
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!
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!
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Karen Pond worked as a catalog copywriter for LL Bean before moving to Tokyo with her family, where she chronicled her culture shock with essays that appeared in iNTOUCH Magazine, Tokyo Families Magazine, and Being A Broad Magazine. Karen still lives in Tokyo, Japan, with her husband, three sons, and their border collie Fergus.
Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Ichi. Clueless in Japan
- Excuse Me
- Sticker Shock
- Fire Queen
- The Goal
- What Did I Say?
- The Depaato
- Foreigner Faux Pas
- You Can't Get There From Here
- Kore Wa Nan Desu Ka?
- Soy to the World
- Soaking It In
- Tom
- Tongue-tied in Tokyo
- Co-co-aaaaaaah!
- The Worst (and Best) Compliment
- Ohmygosh-imas
- When in Tokyo
- The Hygiene Office
- The Table Wrangler
- Show Time
- Ni. Tokyo is Not for the Timid
- The Swimming Cap Quest
- A Tokyo Triumph
- The Lab
- The Old Song and Dance Routine
- Fresh Money
- The Test
- Dear Diary, Part 1 & 2
- San. Mama's Getting Genki
- Hey, Mom, What's for Dinner?
- Fuzzy Rice
- It's All in the Cards
- Movie Night
- Miss Pronunciation of Tokyo
- Mind Your Please and Queues
- Face Reading
- Not Soccer Mom, Sumo Mom
- The Ticket to Sleep
- The Wannabe Crooner
- The Hai and Bye
- Sounds Fishy
- Trash Talkin'
- High Time for High Heels
- The Lunch Date
- Dude Hat
- Glossary
