Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa
 

Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa

by Karin Muller

During a year spent in Japan on a personal quest to deepen her appreciation for such Eastern ideals as commitment and devotion, documentary filmmaker Karin Muller discovered just how maddeningly complicated it is being Japanese. In this book Muller invites the reader along for a uniquely American odyssey into the ancient heart of modern Japan. Broad in scope and deftly observed by an... (read more)

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I liked it. I enjoyed how she slowly progressed from someone who felt like a clutzy foreigner to someone who felt okay with where they were in a different culture. Although she knew she would still make mistakes she understood who to rectify them. I loved her interest in the culture. She showed a lot more than just her experience, but also history and knowledge of the culture she was in which was fantastic.

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