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ABROAD IN JAPAN - CHRIS BROAD GEBUNDEN

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Chris Broad explores Japan in all its quirky glory..Endlessly
fascinating!' Will Ferguson  author of Hokkaido Highway Blues 'Carves a unique path across
Japan bringing him into contact with far too many cats  heartening renewal in Tohoku  and even
pizza with Ken Watanabe.' Iain Maloney  author of The Only Gaijin in the Village 'Fascinating 
fact-packed and very funny..An excellent and enjoyable read for the Japan-curious. I loved it
and learned a lot.' Sam Baldwin  author of For Fukui's Sake: Two years in rural Japan When
Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a
huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience  was he about to
be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history? Abroad in Japan charts a decade
of living in a foreign land and the chaos and culture clash that came with it. Packed with
hilarious and fascinating stories  this book seeks out to unravel one the world's most complex
cultures. Spanning ten years and all forty-seven prefectures  Chris takes us from the lush rice
fields of the countryside to the frenetic neon-lit streets of Tokyo. With blockbuster moments
such as a terrifying North Korean missile incident  a mortifying experience at a love hotel and
a week spent with Japan's biggest movie star  Abroad in Japan is an extraordinary and
informative journey through the Land of the Rising Sun. Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller 
August 2023

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