Direct Translation Impossible: Tales from the Land of the Rising Sun

Overview: Many Westerners are intrigued by Japanese culture, but only a small percentage of them get to see it up close. Very few of them indeed get as close as Chad Frisk. Chad is a distinguished Japanese speaker - he passed the most difficult level of the Japanese Language and Proficiency Test, level N1, with a score of 179/180 - who spent five years on the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) program teaching English in elementary and junior high schools. In his short new book he shares his experiences: