A YEAR IN JAPAN
Book ID/图书代码： 11030006B06420
English Summary/英文概要： The Land of the Rising Sun is shining brightly across the American cultural landscape. Recent films such as Lost in Translation and Memoirs of a Geisha seem to have made everyone an expert on Japan, even if they’ve never been there. But the only way for a Westerner to get to know the real Japan is to become a part of it. Kate T. Williamson did just that, spending a year experiencing, studying, and reflecting on her adopted home. She brings her keen observations to us in A Year in Japan, a dramatically different look at a delightfully different way of life.
Avoiding the usual clichés—Japan’s polite society, its unusual fashion trends, its crowded subways—Williamson focuses on some lesser-known aspects of the country and culture. In stunning watercolors and piquant texts, she explains the terms used to order various amounts of tofu, the electric rugs found in many Japanese homes, and how to distinguish a maiko from a geisha. She observes sumo wrestlers in traditional garb as they use ATMs, the wonders of "Santaful World" at a Kyoto department store, and the temple carpenters who spend each Sunday dancing to rockabilly. A Year in Japan is a colorful journey to the beauty, poetry, and quirkiness of modern Japan—a book not just to look at but to experience.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 日本在美国的文化景观中闪闪发光。最近的电影如《迷失东京》和《艺妓回忆录》似乎让大家成为了日本专家，即使他们从来没有去过那里。但对于一个西方人，要了解真正的日本，唯一的途径是成为它的一部分。凯特•T•威廉森就是这样做的，花了一年经历，学习，将它当做第二故乡。她在《在日本的一年》里为我们带来了她敏锐的观察，一个截然不同的生活方式。避免了通常的陈词滥调——日本的上流社会，其不同寻常的时尚潮流，其拥挤的地铁——威廉姆森侧重于一些鲜为人知的国家和文化的各个方面。在迷人的水彩画和辛辣的文字中，她解释了用来订购不同量豆腐的条款，在很多日本人的家里发现了电毯，以及如何区分艺伎和舞妓。她观察了穿着传统服装的相扑选手，他们使用自动柜员机，京都百货店里“Santaful World”的奇迹，以及每个周日跳摇摆舞曲的寺庙木匠。《在日本的一年》是在美丽，诗歌和诡诈现代日本的多姿多彩的旅途，这本书不仅仅是看，而是经历。（LNL）
Awards/获奖情况：我男朋友明年要去日本，我为他买了这本书，看到其他的评论相当低，我很担心，但是当打开后，我很喜欢！这是一本美丽的书，写的真的很棒，但肯定它不是一本指导书，它更像是一本有着华丽图画的手写日记。我的男朋友很有创意，所以我想他一定会喜欢它。
I bought this for my boyfriend as he is moving to Japan next year, the other reviews were pretty low and I was worried but when it turned up I was so happy with it! It’s a beautiful book, it seems really well written, but yes it’s not a guide book, it’s more like a hand written diary with gorgeous drawings. My boyfriend is really creative so I think he’ll love it too.
About the Author/作者介绍： 凯特•T•威廉森是一位作家和插画家，在哈佛大学学习电影制作。她热爱旅行，并对袜子设计很感兴趣，获得研究生奖学金后，她就去了东京。她住在纽约市。
Kate T. Williamson is a writer and illustrator who studied filmmaking at Harvard University. Her love of travel and interest in sock design, along with a postgraduate fellowship, took her to Kyoto. She lives in New York City.
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