What Frances Mayes did for Tuscany, Rebecca Otowa just might have done for the Japanese countryside. Japan Times, "Pungent with sounds, tastes, colors and village and family lore.Otowa gives us a book of celebration, radiance, and renewal." - Japan Times, "Anyone interested in knowing what it is like to become fully immersed in another culture-yet always as an outsider-will enjoy this thoughtful account immensely." - Library Journal, "Anyone interested in knowing what it is like to become fully immersed in another culture-yet always as an outsider-will enjoy this thoughtful account immensely." - Library Journal, "Rebecca Otowa has written the book solely from her own experience (okay, one chapter is written from the viewpoint of the house, which is actually really cool), which makes her observations about Japanese life just so much more alive, so much more interesting to read." - The Travel Tester blog, A wonderful book about an old Japanese house, a resourceful American woman, and how they come together to honor the past and forge a bright future. Pungent with sounds, tastes, colors and village and family lore.Otowa gives us a book of celebration, radiance, and renewal.
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