{"id":37156,"date":"2015-01-25T14:10:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T18:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=37156"},"modified":"2015-01-25T21:53:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T01:53:06","slug":"jq-magazine-book-review-halfway-home-drawing-my-way-through-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/25\/jq-magazine-book-review-halfway-home-drawing-my-way-through-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"JQ Magazine: Book Review \u2014 \u2018Halfway Home: Drawing My Way Through Japan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Through reading her travelogue, Inzer comes across as a writer who would make an excellent travel blogger, as she gives prospective visitors to Japan fascinating tidbits about the country\u2019s culture and attractions.” (Naruhodo Press)<\/p><\/div>\n

By\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Rashaad Jorden<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(<\/em><\/strong>Yamagata-ken<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, 2008-10) for\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>JQ<\/strong><\/em> magazine<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. A former head of the JETAA Philadelphia Sub-Chapter, Rashaad is a graduate of Leeds Beckett University with a master\u2019s degree in responsible tourism management. For more on his life abroad and enthusiasm for taiko drumming, visit his blog at <\/em><\/strong>www.gettingpounded.wordpress.com<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You may remember being treated to \u201cWhat I did during my summer vacation\u201d tales in elementary school. Well, Christine Mari Inzer<\/a> spent a memorable summer vacation visiting family in Japan and she documents those travels in a largely visual journey titled Halfway Home: Drawing My Way Through Japan<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Halfway Home<\/em>\u2014so-titled because Inzer, the daughter of a Japanese mother and American father, describes herself as being half at home in the United States and half at home in Japan\u2014summarizes her travels through a collection of photos, illustrations (all self-drawn), and anecdotes. Geared toward young adults (the author is currently a high school senior in Connecticut), Inzer details the ups and downs of travel while humorously detailing some moments of aggravation, such as her frustration with the shyness of Japanese boys.<\/p>\n

For young people interested in eventually visiting Japan, Halfway Home<\/em> provides an introduction to several of the country\u2019s landmarks (the Daibustu in Nara, Kinkaku-ji, in Kyoto, etc.), cultural aspects, and quirks (such as the ubiquity of vending machines). Through reading her\u00a0travelogue, Inzer comes across as a writer who would make an excellent travel blogger, as she gives prospective visitors to Japan fascinating tidbits about the country\u2019s culture and attractions.<\/p>\n

While the journal might have been enhanced a bit with the inclusion of\u00a0a couple of other aspects of Japanese culture (if Inzer spent a summer in Japan, you would think she surely had to have experienced a hanabi taikai<\/a>), you don\u2019t have to be a teen to enjoy Halfway Home. <\/em>Reading about her journey through Japan will surely evoke natsukashii moments for anyone who has spent a lot of time in the country.<\/p>\n

Visit Christine’s homepage at http:\/\/christinemari.com<\/a>. For more\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>JQ\u00a0magazine book reviews,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Rashaad Jorden\u00a0(Yamagata-ken, 2008-10) for\u00a0JQ magazine. A former head of the JETAA Philadelphia Sub-Chapter, Rashaad is a graduate of Leeds Beckett University with a master\u2019s degree in responsible tourism management. For more on his life abroad and enthusiasm for taiko drumming, visit his blog at www.gettingpounded.wordpress.com. You may remember being treated to \u201cWhat I did during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,40,291,58,368],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-books","category-jq-magazine","category-reviews","category-traveltourism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t