JON UNDERDOWN/ STUDENT
My first and only online book buying experience was with Amazon.com and I' never
ordered foreign language books. I'm into the bookstore vibe. Not only can you score the
book of your choice but you can also browse the pages of your favorite artistic nude photo
book! I wouldn't write a book about life in Japan, no way! You can buy them on the street!
KEN HIDAKA/ FREELANCE
DOUBLE AGENT
I've ordered a couple times a year from Amazon.com and I have ordered some foreign
language books. I prefer both browsing the bookstores and surfing the net for English
books but I'd go to Tower Books sometimes to look around, too. I have a great title: Lazy
Bone, Crazy Born.
CHRISTIAN / PROFESSIONAL
GAIJIN
I almost never order books on line, maybe just for Christmas presents from Amazon.
Browsing is much better. Once, I read an entire book through many separate sessions of
browsing. The only thing that would have been better was if I had coffee to go with it.
"Wanderings of a Gaijin"
Booked up Photos By Beezer
There's no better way to spend the cold days than wrapped up in your favorite blanked with
a nice hot cuppa and a book. Now the tech-savvy can even order the next page-turner
online and
remain snugly wrapped till it arrives at the door. We've asked some Tokyo bookworms about
their book buying habits and if they had to write a book about their life in Japan, what
would the title be?
HENS POLS / RESEARCHER
I order books online about once a month usually from Amazon.com, abebooks.com or
bookfinder.com and they're usually English books. If the bookstore has a good atmosphere,
I'd prefer to shop around but otherwise, I'll just browse the web. Confusion and puzzle
solving for navigating the subway system in Tokyo would be the book about my life in
Japan.
JOSHUA KRAMER / MUSICIAN
I use Amazon.com and have ordered twice in the past four months. I prefer surfing the
sites because there's more information and I prefer to search for things in binary. The
title would be "Electro-shock Chronicles"
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