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Dave Barry does Japan.


Dave Barry also ended up in Japanese hostess bar and lived to tell the tale in Dave Barry does Japan (ISBN ISBN
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 0-330-34098-0, [pounds]4.99). What else did Japan do for him? In a comic treatment of his experience, Barry tells how Japan introduced him to a mouth-watering mouth·wa·ter·ing or mouth-wa·ter·ing  
adj.
Appealing to the sense of taste; appetizing: the mouthwatering aroma of a baking pie.

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 array of Far Eastern culinary delights; it exposed him to high culture, and brought him face-to-face with the sports sensation that is sumo wrestling. For a view of how not to visit Japan on business, join Dave as he belts out oldies Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the '50s, '60s and '70s.

Oldies are typically from R&B, pop and rock music genres.
 in a karaoke bar, marries a geriatric geisha geisha

Member of a professional class of women in Japan whose traditional occupation is to entertain men. A geisha must be adept at singing, dancing, and playing traditional musical instruments (e.g., the samisen) in addition to being skilled at making conversation.
 girl, takes his first bath in public, bows to just about everyone, and explores culture shock in all its numerous, humorous forms.
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Date:Feb 1, 1998
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