Play Book Tag discussion

When tall, white, gay Southerner, Tim Anderson decides his life in North Carolina is in a rut, he chooses to make a dramatic change and move to Japan. He took a job teaching English with MOBA, a popular Japanese language school. In Tune in Tokyo: The Gaijin Diaries, he covers a range of topics, from crazy roommates to seductive Lolita students, featuring funny moments and observations on Japanese American cultural differences, gay Manga, and Tokyo street fashion.

I did enjoy Anderson’s stories of trying to teach English to his Japanese students and his own frustrations in trying to learn Japanese. Much of his teaching was in trying to have his Japanese students have a conversation in English. They discussed almost anything and everything, from the mundane to the more challenging subjects.

The author's observations were often laugh-out-loud funny and I enjoyed it more than I expected.