Publication Date:November 15, 2006 Shipping:Eligible for Super Saver Shipping Availability:Usually ships in 24 hours
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Warning - full of steriotypes and rationalizations...July 17, 2008 I would not recommend anyone to buy this book. Eventualy you could buy it if you need a dictionary of japanese terms for goind to the brothel (wich luckyley is an illigal institution in Japan). Most of the book is just an dictionary of more or less specific japanese terms conserning normal and abnormal sex. The other half of the book conserning sex in Japan is an catastophy. It is full of steriotypes, rationalizations and so on... Many facts are in som sence rigth but they are often taken out of social and historical context - and as souch they maybe would fit better in to the common tablouides...
Don't waste your money...August 23, 2007 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
...unless this is your very first venture into the erotic side of the Japanese, that is. For the neophyte to Japanese and Asian women in general, this might be an OK 1st grade-level book. If you are at all interested in this book, however, chances are you already have some idea of sexual attitudes in this part of the world. This book won't tell you anything you don't already know, or at least have an idea of. Chapters covering each topic are very short and superficial. Add to that, half of the book is nothing more than a glossary of sorts. Again, possibly useful to the babe-in-the-woods, but to anyone else, nothing more than filler to take up space and make the book seem longer than it really is.
Japan Sounds Like Heaven.August 7, 2007 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This short book is a real eye opener. It could more properly be called a guide to having sex with Japanese women. It's well written, insightful, and hard to put down before finishing. The first line of Chapter One reads "The Judeo-Christian concept of recreational sex as sinful and abhorrent in the eyes of an all-powerful god is, I believe, one of the biggest con-jobs every foisted on any group of mankind. The ulterior motive of the creators of this concept was, of course, political and social control (especially women), and had nothing whatsoever to do with morality or saving `immortal souls.'" The author then goes on to provide the historical and religious reasons why Japan missed out on the guilt trip associated with any kind of sexual pleasure. He gives a brief account of Japanese history and relates it to present day Japan. He believes that some knowledge of Japanese is necessary for westerners to properly seduce, or be seduced by, modern Japanese woman who have absolutely no guilt feelings about sexual experimentation. The book's introduction is a primer from pronouncing Japanese words, which are remarkably easy to pronounce. The language of love is a very important part of Japanese art and culture. The last forty percent of the book is a dictionary of the Japanese Language of Love and sexual terms such as "Love Hotels" as well as how to pronounce the various terms. These words are as easy to pronounce as Spanish. Compared to the similar book "Making Out In Korean" by Peter Constantine and Gene Baik, it's easy to pick up the necessary language skills to converse in Japanese. While Korean is a very tough language to pick up, Japanese is easy. "Sex and the Japanese" is a fun read. I suspect that it may exaggerate just how anxious the average, very innocent looking and wily Japanese woman is interested in jumping into bed, it does explain why the Japanese have little of the sexual baggage of most cultures. Sex was a normal and desirable part of both Shintoism and Daoism and has greatly affected Modern Japanese culture as well. It's nice how the author manages to briefly explain the historical roots of Modern Day Japan. I can hardly wait to read some of the author's many other books. He has a remarkable ability to communicate.
