A middle-aged professor of world geography at Oregon State University, who had never been out of the state of Oregon, finally ventures out of his shell and goes to Japan to teach World Geography for two semesters on a program established by Japan’s Ministry of Education to promote internationalization.

Historically set in Kobe in the fall of 1994, this novel culminates with the Great Hanshin Earthquake and registers a very HIGH reading on the Laughter Scale. But this fish-out-of-water story is more than just funny; it’s also very educational. Anyone interested in Japanese society and culture should read this book.

​I wrote this book while living in Japan with my Japanese wife, with whom I still happily live.

Available on every ebook reading device for $4.99. Sample or purchase it HERE.

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