Review: Not Bad. A Distinctly Japanese Experience.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 10, 2012
The story is evenly separated into two pieces (as in the product description).I like the idea of a guy getting lost in an unfamiliar city without language skills. It's the fastest way to learn a custom or the way to appreciate 'being local'. He meets random people and they share a laugh.The second part of it takes you into the world of business, drugs and the yakuza. I didn;t know Osaka thrived on prostitution....the author dabbles in a little politics as they discus whaling.The second part is intriguing because of the drugs. Your interested to see what happens. The first part of the story is trieed to the second part of the story by a business card :-).Very enjoyable. Took me about 4 hours to read.