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    Japan: an instruction manual
    Japan: an instruction manual
    Japan: an instruction manual
    Ebook49 pages21 minutes

    Japan: an instruction manual

    By Turolo Stefano

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    Not the usual travel guide, but an "instruction manual" on how to enjoy a wonderful holiday in Japan. It is easy to find a good restaurant, there are tons of books about that. but it is not so easy how to take a bus ticket, or an underground ticket. Do you know that you not go in a onsen if you have tatoo? These and more other are in this not usual travel book.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBadPress
    Release dateAug 23, 2016
    ISBN9781507152430
    Japan: an instruction manual

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      Japan - Turolo Stefano

      Introduction

      Regarding this handbook/manual.

      What it is not:

      It is not purely a tourist guide in the Lonely Planet style. You will not find addresses of hotels, schedules, a list of restaurants, and any other things that are purely tourist-based.

      What it is

      It’s a handbook that is based on the experiences of several improvised trips to Japan, or in other words, trips not organized through a tourist agency. It’s a set of recommendations on how to get about and how to behave. They’re guidelines, not rules. If you visit the Land of the Rising Sun, you can find yourself at ease even without following any advice or going on an organized trip. However, if you want to fully experience the country and its people, to breathe the Japanese air and to realize what it means to be truly in Japan, then some advice can be useful - if only not to feel lost and to know in advance what awaits you. Such advice can help you avoid, in some cases, a big disappointment.

      About me, the author.

      I’ve made several do-it-yourself trips to Japan. Particularly fascinated by Japan and its culture in all its aspects, I arrived at the height of my passion with Japan by adopting it (my wife is Japanese) which has allowed me to better understand the culture of that country and to see it through different eyes. This has also allowed me to confront its bureaucracy. I no longer go to Japan as a tourist, but I go to visit relatives.  Therefore, my stays there have changed, allowing me to spend days on the Japanese soil also as a resident and not just as a tourist.

      This is the handbook’s third edition. Compared to previous versions, I’ve corrected some typing mistakes, slightly modified a few sentences, and added some chapters and photographs.

      Japan and the Japanese.

      What they aren’t.

      They aren’t animes or mangas.

      Therefore, you won’t find girls with big eyes and multi-colored hair, you won’t see robots wandering the streets, or fights involving supernatural creatures on street corners.

      You won’t see girls everywhere involved in cosplay.

      You won’t encounter gangs of thugs roaming the streets.

      You won’t see walls and buildings covered with graffiti, you won’t find any grimy and wrecked public transportation.

      There are many stereotypes that we in the West hold about Japan and the Japanese. With this guide I hope to undo them and, in some cases, to confirm them to make your stay easier and more pleasant.

      What they are.

      They are animes and mangas.

      Seeing that anime and manga are very important parts of the Japanese economy, and given that the concept of Kawaii (cuteness-sweetness-tenderness) is very strong, many aspects of everyday life make reference

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