Diary of a Tokyo Teen
A Japanese-american Girl Travels to the Land of Trendy Fashion, High-tech Toilets and Maid Cafes
Tuttle Publishing · Print & ebook · September 6, 2016
**2017 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award Winner** **2017 Moonbeam Children's Book Award Gold Medal Winner** A book for comic lovers and Japanophiles of all ages, Diary of a Tokyo Teen presents a unique look at modern-day Japan through a young woman's eyes.
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- Who it’s for
- A funny illustrated return to Japan pairs travel observations with the feeling of rediscovering your roots.
- Themes
- Travel in Japan, Japanese culture, Rediscovering one's roots
- Genres
- Graphic Biography, Travel, Asia for Teens
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**2017 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award Winner** **2017 Moonbeam Children's Book Award Gold Medal Winner** A book for comic lovers and Japanophiles of all ages, Diary of a Tokyo Teen presents a unique look at modern-day Japan through a young woman's eyes. Born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and an American father in 1997, Christine Mari Inzer spent her early years in Japan and relocated to the United States in 2003.
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The summer before she turned sixteen, she returned to Tokyo, making a solo journey to get reacquainted with her birthplace. Through illustrations, photos, and musings, Inzer documented her journey. In Diary of a Tokyo Teen, Inzer explores the cutting-edge fashions of Tokyo's trendy Harajuku district, eats the best sushi of her life at the renowned Tsukiji fish market, and hunts down geisha in the ancient city of Kyoto. As she shares the trials and pleasures of travel from one end of a trip to the other, Inzer introduces the host of interesting characters she meets and offers a unique—and often hilarious—look at a fascinating country and an engaging tale of one girl rediscovering her roots. **Listed as a 2016 Great Graphic Novel for Teens by the Young Adult Library Services Association**
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A funny illustrated return to Japan pairs travel observations with the feeling of rediscovering your roots.
Come here for
- Tokyo fashion and memorable food seen through one teen’s eyes
- A solo return that treats cultural curiosity with humor
Expect
- Illustrations, photographs, and personal musings alongside travel
- Everyday discoveries mixed with a search for personal roots
Where it sits
| Asia for Teens | 95% |
|---|---|
| Graphic Biography | 88% |
| Travel | 76% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Graphic Biography
- Asia for Teens
- Travel
- Authors
- Christine Mari Inzer
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Published
- September 6, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Travel in Japan · Japanese culture · Rediscovering one's roots
- Reading lane
- Graphic Biography