Diary of a Tokyo Teen: A Japanese-American Girl Travels to the Land of Trendy Fashion, High-Tech Toilets and Maid Cafes

145 Pages·2016·69.8 MB·English

by  Christine Mari Inzer

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
FLYING SOLO
STARTING IN KASHIWA
HYSTERICAL IN HARAJUKU
CHASING MAIKO IN KYOTO
MATSURI
THE FAMILY ARRIVES
EXPLORING TOKYO
GOING HOME

DURING THE SUMMER OF 2013, JUST BEFORE I TURNED 16, I SPENT EIGHT WEEKS IN
JAPAN VISITING MY GRANDPARENTS AND GETTING REACQUIRED WITH MY
BIRTHPLACE. WHILE IN JAPAN, I VISITED MY FAVORITE SPOTS IN TOKYO THAT I HADN’T
SEEN IN YEARS, AND I ALSO TRAVELED TO KYOTO FOR THE FIRST TIME. JAPAN IS A
FASCINATING MIX OF THE OLD AND THE NEW: ANCIENT TEMPLES AND MODERN
SKYSCRAPERS, GEISHA AND MAID CAFES, ENKA AND J-POP, SUSHI AND MOSBURGER. I
EXPERIENCED ALL OF THESE THINGS IN JAPAN, AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
MYSELF ALONG THE WAY. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY, AND WITH THIS BOOK I
HOPE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.