Fiona here with some information about a newly published book written by long-term Kumamoto resident Peter Smith.
Peter is originally from Yorkshire in the UK, and has lived in Kumamoto since 1994. This book is a memoir of some of the characters he has encountered in the English teaching community along the way. Fellow Kumamoto long-termers may think they recognise themselves or people they know within the pages, but of course any similarity to living people is purely coincidental 😉
The book is called GAIJIN: Nine Cautionary Tales of Life in Japan’s English Teaching Community'
’ It is the story of a number of folk who, for a variety of reasons – love, money, family - decide to make their home in Japan. It’s a study of the often bizarre, sometimes tragic ways their lives develop.'
It’s available as both a paperback and in eBook format, and more details can be found here:
