{"product_id":"for-fukuis-sake-two-years-in-rural-japan-paperback","title":"For Fukui's Sake: Two years in rural Japan - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Baldwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Witty and highly entertaining; a fascinating insight into the lives of ordinary Japanese people'\u003c\/i\u003e - Helen Arnold, \u003cb\u003e1001 Escapes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e'Jocular and candid; essential reading for backpackers and Japanophiles'\u003c\/i\u003e - Ginny Light, former online editor, \u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e'Really evokes that excitement of 'discovering' Japan for the first time. I thoroughly enjoyed it'\u003c\/i\u003e- Jan Dodd, \u003cb\u003eRough Guide To Japan\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e'A fascinating journey and call to action'\u003c\/i\u003e - Mark Hodson, writer, \u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Far from the high-tech, high-rise of the super-cities, there lies another Japan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A Japan where snakes slither down school corridors, where bears prowl dark forests and where Westerners are still regarded as curious creatures. Welcome to the world of the inaka - the Japanese countryside. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Unhappily employed in the UK, Sam Baldwin decides to make a big change. Saying sayonara to laboratory life, he takes a job as an English teacher on the JET Programme in a small, rural Japanese town that no one - the Japanese included - has ever heard of. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Arriving in Fukui, where there's 'little reason to linger' according to the guidebook, at first he wonders why he left England. But as he slowly settles in to his unfamiliar new home, Sam befriends a colourful cast of locals and begins to discover the secrets of this little known region. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Helped by headmasters, housewives and Himalayan mountain climbers, he immerses himself in a Japan still clutching its pastoral past and uncovers a landscape of lonely lakes, rice fields and lush mountain forests. Joining a master drummer's taiko class, skiing over paddies and learning how to sharpen samurai swords, along the way Sam encounters farmers, fishermen and foreigners behaving badly. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Exploring Japan's culture and cuisine, as well as its wild places and wildlife, For Fukui's Sake is an adventurous, humorous and sometimes poignant insight into the frustrations and fascinations that face an outsider living in small town, backcountry Japan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For more info see: \u003cb\u003eForFukuisSake.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam Baldwin spent two years working as an English teacher on the JET Programme in the small town of Ono, in Fukui prefecture, Japan. For Fukui's Sake is a true account of his adventures. He has written about travel for The Guardian, The Times, The Independent and The Scotsman, and has contributed to numerous magazines and guide books. He now lives in Edinburgh and works as a writer and editor for an international online travel company. See more at www.ForFukuisSake.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118217760903,"sku":"9781467924146","price":17.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e1343832e5322b766946345dfdaea0a7.webp?v=1732531397","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/for-fukuis-sake-two-years-in-rural-japan-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}