Japan: It's Not All Raw Fish. A Collection From Never the Twain.? A Weekly Japan Times Column.

Language: English

Published by Tokyo: The Japan Times, 1978

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246 p. Das Exemplar ist in einem sehr guten und sauberen Zustand ohne Anstreichungen. The copy is in a very good and clean condition without markings. - CONTENTS -- FOREWORD by John Roderick -- PREFACE -- I. THE LANGUAGE. -- DO YOU UNDERSTAND? -- A RIDDLE RANGUAGE GOES A WRONG WAY -- TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. -- OUT OF GAS. -- OUT OF GAS - AGAIN. -- MAYBE WE'RE GETTING A NEW CAR. -- YES, WE HAVE NO BANANAS. -- WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT "NO" -- II. TRAVEL -- GETTING THERE IS ALL THE FUN -- OBENTOS, CUCUMBERS AND ALL. -- SO THAT'S WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. -- AN INVITATION TO BREAKFAST -- FASTEN SEAT BELTS -- IT'S OFFICIAL: TOKYO TAXI DRIVERS ARE "CHOOSY" -- YOU'VE BEEN WRONG ABOUT TAXIS. -- I FELT BETTER WITH THE PAPER -- NEVER THE PLANE, EITHER. -- THE QUAINT CUSTOMS OF JAPAN -- WHO'S SORRY NOW? -- THERE'S SOMEPLACE LIKE HOME. -- SOME SECOND THOUGHTS -- III. HOME LIFE -- THEY SPELL IT ALL OUT-OR DO THEY? -- OPEN HOUSE -- EVERYBODY, IT TURNS OUT, HAS A GATE -- THE DAY THE TOILET PAPER RAN OUT. -- YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY WON - OR LOST -- SAYONARA, KAMIKITAZAWA. -- I HOPE NOTHING HAPPENED TO YAMAMOTO SAN -- ALL GAIJINS HAVE FUNNY NAMES. -- TO SLURP OR NOT TO SLURP? -- COOL IT, YOU "IRATE FOREIGNERS" -- LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT -- IV. SOCIAL LIFE. -- NOTHING TO DO -- THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY -- OH, HOW THE TOKYO SOCIAL WHIRL GOES ON! -- VISITING FIREMEN. -- ALL THAT FOR ¥100 -- IT'S ALL THERE IN BLACK AND WHITE. -- IT REALLY WAS A BASEBALL GAME! -- FIRST DOWN, 10,000 MILES TO GO PARLOR GAME, AZABU STYLE. -- V. COST OF LIVING - AND LEAVING -- CALL ME A TAXI. -- A PERFECT DAY, MITI STYLE -- THE BIG BARGAIN SALE. -- EAT EM AND BEAT EM. -- SOUR GRAPES. -- NOT EVEN HONORABLE MENTION. -- ALL THIS, PLUS: IT'S OK TO DRINK THE WATER. -- THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL THEM. -- THE HIGH COST OF LEAVING. -- BACK TO THE $5,000 ELECTRIC FRYING PAN -- VI. ECOLOGY -- GINZA GOMI -- THE GROSSEST NATIONAL PRODUCT. -- RANCID TRANSIT -- RULES ARE RULES -- IT SOUNDS FISHY TO ?? -- NOW HEAR THIS. -- IT WAS ONLY AN EARTHQUAKE NOBODY WILL BE HERE TOMORROW. -- YOUR LIFE JACKET IS UNDER YOUR SEAT -- VII. HOME LEAVE. -- THE HOMECOMING. -- IT'S STILL PARADISE. -- SET YOUR WATCHES BACK -- HOME SWEET HOME-OFFICE -- RETURN TO THE WOMB -- STRANGER IN PARADISE -- PLEASE PASS THE SUSHI -- VIII. THE HOLIDAYS. -- CHRISTMAS, IT WASN'T -- THE SIPPING O' THE GREEN -- MERRY CHRISTMAS. -- 'TWAS THE PLIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS -- SLOW BURN. -- OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS -- JUST MENTION MY NAME IN HOSOYA -- SWEET AND SOUR CHRISTMAS -- 'TIS THE SEASON TO GOMENNASAI -- FUN CITY - FOR FIVE DAYS. -- SLOW TRAIN TO AKITA -- IX. THE REAL JAPAN. -- THE INN THING TO DO SAKURA, SAKURA - OUR VERY OWN SAKURA. -- THE REAL REAL JAPAN -- THESE INSCRUTABLE ORIENTALS -- TV OR NOT TV. -- CRIME IN THE STREETS. -- IT JUST AIN'T FAIR. -- WHEN IN ROME. -- A LAMB IN THE YEAR OF THE TIGER. -- THEY'RE GOING TO THROW THE BOOK AT ME. -- WHAT DO CANADIANS EAT? -- FIGURES OF SPEECH -- THINGS HAVE CHANGED. -- AMERICAN FAIR. -- OCCIDENTAL ORIENTATION -- I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL HIM HE COULDN'T PICK A BETTER TIME. -- WHAT EVERY VISITING PRESIDENT SHOULD KNOW -- THE ELECTION'S OVER - I THINK -- OVER THERE, THE PEOPLE ROB THE SUPERMARKETS -- PLEASE, TANAKA SAN, SEND BACK THE KEY THERE MUST BE A WAY. -- THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, YOU COULD BE IN THE U.S. -- GOMEN NASAI - IN TRIPLICATE. -- TWO STORIES DOWN, 10,999,998 TO GO -- X. NO MORE LITTLE WHITE - OR YELLOW - LIES. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 250.…

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Bibliographic details

Title
Japan: It's Not All Raw Fish. A Collection From Never the Twain.? A Weekly Japan Times Column.
Author
Maloney, Don:
Publisher
Tokyo: The Japan Times
Publication year
1978
Condition
Sehr gut
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Paperback.
Language
English
Edition
10th printing.
Item weight
250 grams
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