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  • Lost in Tokyo

  • A Year of Sex, Sushi, and Suicide in the Real Japan
  • By: Garett Wilson
  • Narrated by: CC Hogan
  • Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
  • 3.7 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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Lost in Tokyo

By: Garett Wilson
Narrated by: CC Hogan
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After half a decade in Japan, Garett Wilson thought that nothing could shock him anymore...until he started a new job and a new life at a high school in downtown Tokyo. Here he discovered the real Japan, not the version sold to tourists, and realized that it was far more thrilling, heartbreaking, and beautiful than anything he had ever experienced.

Over the course of one year in Tokyo, Garett navigates the perilous waters of 21st-century Japan, where love and laughter are as common as violence and tragedy. From love hotels to sumo, Yakuza gangs to hostess bars, and a Shinto wedding to a KFC Christmas, discover what Tokyo is really like for its 38 million inhabitants.

A travel book, a tale of sex and romance, and a love letter to a maddening, wonderful place, Lost in Tokyo provides a new perspective on living, working, and playing in the world's most vibrant city.
©2018 Garett Wilson (P)2019 Garett Wilson
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Good Story, Terrible Choice of Voice Actor

The stories are hilarious and remind me of my time as an English teacher in Japan. However, the voice actor they chose to perform was completely inappropriate. Don't get me wrong, he has a wonderful rich Cockney accent and deep tone, but this it was unsuitable for the story. Also his Japanese pronunciation was terrible and very distracting, "ona gay shi maysoo" and "kin kakooo ji"??

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Thoroughly tedious

The laboured reading reflects the laboured writing - an edit is well warranted to cut out repetition and whine.

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