{"product_id":"strange-nights-and-some-days-too-why-youll-love-japan-for-about-a-year-9781735174624","title":"Strange Nights, and Some Days Too: Why You'll Love Japan, for About a Year","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith wry humor, deep cultural insight, and an impressive capacity for malt liquor and black pepper potato chips, Ken Seeroi takes you through real-life tales of women in short skirts, men with no teeth, a friend's suicide, a fight with a yakuza, and a maze of smokey back-alley bars throughout Japan. This raucous, first-hand account is unvarnished Japan seen from the inside, detailed in fifty-eight astonishing stories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside: What to do after you get arrested; Dating versus having sex in Japan; How to get a job in Japan (and when to walk away); Renting an apartment as a \"foreigner\"; How to secure a visa, then not get deported; Why Japan's safe, but not that safe; How to survive a massive earthquake; When to use Japanese, and when not to; Why you want a very small Japanese motorcycle; and The one thing you must never do in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeroi, Ken:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - One afternoon, Ken Seeroi left his successful banking career and boarded a plane for Tokyo with two suitcases and a phrasebook. He spent a decade learning the language and living a Japanese lifestyle among local people, finally realizing his dream of a life in Japan. That was a terrible idea and you shouldn't do it. Ken Seeroi has now lived in Japan for 12 years, in seven different cities while pursuing a wide variety of jobs and women. He is well-renowned in the nation as an educator, karaoke singer, and for being white. Ken Seeroi is a U.S. born writer, photographer, and university lecturer. He once journeyed 3,000 miles across America on a mountain bike, with only a sleeping bag, tiny tent, and terrible hangover. He has published newspaper and magazine articles in Japan and the U.S., in both Japanese and English.","brand":"Shioyaki Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50860662915346,"sku":"9781735174624","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7cb34530-5d15-469a-9341-acf8316cd553.jpg?v=1737580730","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/strange-nights-and-some-days-too-why-youll-love-japan-for-about-a-year-9781735174624","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}