A joy

I really enjoyed it. It gave me Sex and the city vibes, except the author has "an affair" with Tokyo. The biggest joy comes from the author. He is a gay english teacher in Tokyo with a strong pop culture sense that has his eyes open and doesnt shy from telling it how it is. but dont think about drama. This is always funny and it made me smile all the time.

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a funny insight to living in Japan

I picked up this audio book expecting a dry and factual travel story.. thats not what i got at all, its actually a really amusing tale of the authors life in Japan over the course of a year and a half while working as a English Teacher.. our litirary gaijin spins an interesting story of life in a way different from his suburban American roots with tales of psychotic drunken flatmates, strange customs and falling in love with a culture so alien to him.

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.

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Some good humour, otherwise disappointing

I expected a bit more about Japanese experience, but got personal story with some small cultural aspects

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This is not a book about Japan.

I loved this book, but a lot of reviews have been mediocre at best. It's not really a book about Japan in so much as it is a book about a guy living in Japan and acclimating to a very foreign country, it's a subtle difference but it's definitely there.

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.

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Great

if you've been to Japan, or thinking of going, then you will love this book.

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Enjoyable and Funny

I enjoyed this book.

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.

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Hilarious western view of Japan

Excellently voiced, this chronicle of culture shock when hitting Japan had been my favorite audio book to date. Some of the content is a bit inappropriate for younger listeners but I've laughed happily through it. Even keener to get to Japan now!

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Fun, light ,entertaining

Fun, light ,entertaining world of drifter teaching English in Tokyo. Narration was excellent, insights gets you a little peek into fascinating world of Japanese culture. Jokes were a little forced / trying a little too hard. But overall was good listen on a commute.

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silly

this is s not a travel journal, it's a bunch of nonsense. every chapter, the author describes cartoonish daydreams. funny for the half hour, then, just annoying.
very well read.

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