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Title At home in Japan : a foreign woman's journey of discovery / Rebecca Otowa.
Author Otowa, Rebecca.
Publication Info. Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., c2010.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  B OTOWA    Checked Out
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Edition 1st ed.
Description 160 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Summary "At Home in Japan" tells the true story of a foreign woman who has been, for 30 years, the housewife, custodian and chatelaine of a 350-year-old farmhouse in rural Japan. A beautifully written and illustrated reminiscence of a simple life made extraordinary.
Contents Life at home -- Family and neighbors -- The spirit of the house -- In the midst of nature -- Reminiscences -- Lessons from Japan -- Changes.
Subject Otowa, Rebecca.
Americans -- Japan -- Biography.
Wives -- Japan -- Biography.
Country life -- Japan.
Japan -- Social life and customs.
Japan -- Biography.
ISBN 9784805310786 (hbk.) : $21.95
4805310782 (hbk.)
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