''For Fukui's Sake'' is a 2011 travel book by Sam Baldwin that describes the experiences of living in
Ono
ONO, Ono or ÅŒno may refer to:
Places Fiji
* Ono Island (Fiji)
Israel
* Kiryat Ono
* Ono, Benjamin, ancient site
Italy
* Ono San Pietro
Ivory Coast
* Ono, Ivory Coast, a village in Comoé District
Japan
* ÅŒno Castle, Fukuoka
* Ō ...
,
Fukui prefecture,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, whilst working as an
Assistant Language Teacher An Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) is a foreign national serving as an assistant teacher (paraprofessional educator) in a Japanese classroom, particularly for English.
The term was created by the Japanese Ministry of Education at the time of the ...
(ALT) on the
JET Programme.
Synopsis
The account features both the positive and negative aspects of life as an foreigner in a small Japanese community, and focuses on the local characters, places and wildlife in and around
Fukui prefecture, a largely rural area of Japan. The book also includes chapters on the
Fuji Rock Festival, climbing
Mount Fuji
, or Fugaku, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest p ...
and
Mount Haku, impressions of
Tokyo and
Hokkaido, as well as details of teaching at a Japanese Junior High School.
Reception
Skyscanner gave a positive review of ''For Fukui's Sake'', saying that Baldwin "expertly captures what it feels like to be a foreigner in a strange land".
ABTA Magazine called it an "adventurous and humorous insight in to the Japanese countryside." Scotcampus Magazine described it as "a quirky autobiographical account of an area so far removed from life
..you'll scarcely believe it exists.". ''The Art of Japan Kanazawa'' commented that it was an "honest and very entertaining memoir" that "avoid
many of the stereotypes that often plague such chronicles
nddeftly straddles the line between subjective and objective reporting.".
References
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External links
Official Website
Travel books
Books about Japan