ABSTRACT

This book captures the challenges and experiences of an American woman who arrived in 1950's Japan. It is a timeless example of how to live abroad successfully in an increasingly global world, as well as fascinating account of everyday life in Japan in the immediate post-war years. .

chapter |10 pages

Flowers and Welcome

chapter |8 pages

The Japanese Workman

chapter |12 pages

Good Samaritans

chapter |11 pages

Greek Tragedies

chapter |7 pages

My Two-wheeler

chapter |13 pages

Black Market Street

chapter |13 pages

A Geisha House

chapter |14 pages

The Springs of Noboribetsu

chapter |12 pages

Bathing in the Nude

chapter |16 pages

A Noh Play

chapter |12 pages

Honourable Flowers

chapter |13 pages

The Tea Ceremony

chapter |15 pages

Carnival Night

chapter |12 pages

To the Races

chapter |10 pages

Lake Shikotsuko

chapter |12 pages

“Never No War-U”

chapter |15 pages

The Kabuki Theatre

chapter |15 pages

Tokyo and Nikko

chapter |16 pages

Back to Tokyo

chapter |11 pages

At a Buddhist Temple

chapter |7 pages

The Course of True Love

chapter |8 pages

A Japanese Art Shop

chapter |13 pages

Number One Geisha

chapter |13 pages

East is East

chapter |6 pages

A Funeral

chapter |9 pages

Mrs. Fortunate Mountain

chapter |5 pages

Just Goodbye