Culture Shock! Hawaii: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette (Culture Shock! Guides)
About the Author Brent Massey is a full-time, professional freelance writer. He lived in  Japan for three years and experienced culture shock in Japan and reverse  culture shock when returning to the US. He is married to a Japanese woman,  so he isn't a stranger to crossing cultural boundaries. In the summer of  2004, he moved from his hometown in Colorado to Hawai'i. Living in Hawai'i,  he was surprised to experience culture shock (again!) and saw the need for  a book helping newcomers understand and adapt to the unique customs of  Hawai'i, which is heavily influenced by Asian culture, especially that of  Japan. Brent Massey has a post-bachelors certificate in Asian Studies, a  Bachelor of Arts in Social Science and has done extensive research on  Hawai'i's culture. In 2003, he was awarded the prestigious Japanese  government Monbusho scholarship for his research proposal on foreign  culture, international relations and personality type. Brent loves being  abroad and has travelled throughout Asia and Europe. Some of the countries  he has visited are Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands, Switzerland,  Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and Myanmar. He is very excited and  enthusiastic about CultureShock! Hawai'i because there is so much  cross-cultural information the public has yet to read about living in  Hawai'i.