
Tune In Tokyo
The Gaijin Diaries
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Narrated by:
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MacLeod Andrews
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By:
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Tim Anderson
About this listen
Everyone wants to escape their boring, stagnant lives full of inertia and regret. But so few people actually have the bravery to run - run away from everything and selflessly seek out personal fulfillment on the other side of the world where they don’t understand anything and won’t be expected to. The world is full of cowards.
Tim Anderson was pushing 30 and working a string of dead-end jobs when he made the spontaneous decision to pack his bags and move to Japan. It was a gutsy move, especially for a tall, white, gay Southerner who didn’t speak a lick of Japanese. But his life desperately needed a shot of adrenaline, and what better way to get one than to leave behind his boyfriend, his cat, and his Siouxsie and the Banshees box set to move to “a tiny, overcrowded island heaving with clever, sensibly proportioned people who make him look fat”?
In Tokyo, Tim became a “gaijin”, an outsider whose stumbling progression through Japanese culture is minutely chronicled in these 16 hilarious stories. Despite the steep learning curve and the seemingly constant humiliation, the gaijin from North Carolina gradually begins to find his way. Whether playing drums on the fly in an otherwise all-Japanese noise band or attempting to keep his English classroom clean when it’s invaded by an older female student with a dirty mind, Tim comes to realize that living a meaningful life is about expecting the unexpected...right when he least expects it.
©2012 Tim Anderson (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.A joy
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Ok. you wont learn much in the way of Japanese language or customs from this book but you woll come away with a desire to experience the lifestyle yoursrlf someday.. a highly enjoyable read indeed.
a funny insight to living in Japan
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Some good humour, otherwise disappointing
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There are no answers here, for example the author tells of a group of men approaching young women on the street & following them for a short while, those men are partaking in "nanpa" (pick up artists) but the author doesn't tell you this because at the time he simply doesn't know quite what's happening.
This is basically a series of blog posts that have coalesced into a book, it's great & it's laugh out loud funny at times and the narrator has got the campy affectations of the author down pat and the book is all the better for it.
This isn't a book that will answer your questions about Japan or go into great depth but it's great fun. Go into this book with realistic expectations & you'll have a great time.
This is not a book about Japan.
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Great
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It's funny and well read. Also, the narrator seems to pronounce the Japanese words well - not that I would really know, but they sounded good!
Some listeners may not like the sweary or gay content, but that didn't spoil my enjoyment.
Enjoyable and Funny
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Hilarious western view of Japan
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Fun, light ,entertaining
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very well read.
silly
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