𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 -

Elder's travelogue from the 1990s is a worthy enough introduction to some of the traditional aspects of Japanese society, though it barely reaches outside tradition nor offers much reflection for the year he spent there with his family.

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵” 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 -

Elder's American-family-adjusting-to-Japan story has lots of close anecdotal experiences that offer some basic concepts from traditional Japanese culture; brief and unpursued, they remain enjoyable but basic.

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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: "𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡" 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 -

On my shelf for several years, finally getting around to this interesting memoir, but probably not for its potential exoticism.

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𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

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