The Japanese Journals: 1947 - 2004 by Donald Richie
Donald Richie has been observing and writing about Japan from the moment he arrived on New Year's Eve, 1946. Detailing his life, his attachments, and his ideas on matters high and low, The Japan Journals is a record of both a nation and an evolving expatriate sensibility. It is an overwhelmingly poignant experience of a complicated life well lived and captivatingly told.