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| Clueless In Tokyo: Explorer's Sketchbook Of Weird And Wonderful Things In Japan | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 81403
Category: Book
Author: Betty Reynolds
Publisher: Weatherhill
Studio: Weatherhill
Manufacturer: Weatherhill
Label: Weatherhill
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 7.8 x 1
ISBN: 0834803860
Dewey Decimal Number: 952
EAN: 9780834803862
ASIN: 0834803860
Publication Date: March 1, 1997
Release Date: March 1, 1997
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Product Description
This delightful sketchbook presents a uniquely insightful take on the bemusement and amusement that are the inevitable reactions of the Westerner confronting Japan for the first time. Still unwilling to allow Japan's mysteries to exclude her, the author-artist illustrates her further adventures into the true meaning of the unfamiliar happenings around her, and turns culture shock into humorous appreciation. The resulting sketchbook is an excellent, user-friendly primer for anyone contemplating travel to Japan or engaged in Japanese language studies.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Such a fun little book! November 15, 2008
I didn't know what I was getting when I bought this book, but it's gotten much love at my house. It's short but very, very sweet. The illustrations (It's mostly illustrations with captions) are very charming and beautifully colored. My toddlers also love it, and we ofter read it together. A very quirky, cute, interesting book. I recommend it.
Great Book Reminded Me of Childhood June 7, 2008
I loved this book... It brought back so many memories of my time in Japan.
LOVE IT. November 3, 2007
When I was in Japan with my family, looking at relocation 6 or 7 years ago, one of my dad's co-workers suggested this book for all of the fun things around Tokyo. This book is the reason I have a garden-size Tanuki that I lugged from Japan to Ohio to New York. It's not going to teach you what to say to find the restroom, but it'll explain what you're seeing when you get there in a way that's...well...funny. I have a friend moving to Japan and this will be the first thing he gets from me!
Learning about Japan August 10, 2006
Clueless in Tokyo is a delightful way to learn about a wide variety of common things found in Japanese Culture. Keeps you laughing while you learn.
 Amusing if a bit brief February 5, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Cute illustrations and some useful Japanese words make this an enjoyable book to read but I finished it in 10 minutes so don't expect anything more than an amusing introduction to some of the unusual things a visitor would encounter. When I go to Tokyo I will bring this with me for some light reading on the plane.
It is a clever idea though and a good supplememt to some of the drier guidebooks out there.
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