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.
| ISBN: | 9781804992227 |
| Publication date: | 28th March 2024 |
| Author: | Chris Broad |
| Publisher: | Penguin (Transworld) an imprint of Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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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.
Abroad in Japan features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Humour, Memoirs, Travel writing, Cultural studies, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, Travel, Cultural and media studies, Society and culture: general, Society and Social Sciences
Abroad in Japan is available in Paperback, Hardback
Abroad in Japan was written by Chris Broad and published by Penguin (Transworld) an imprint of Transworld Publishers Ltd
Abroad in Japan has 320 pages
£9.89
