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The Sun in My Eyes

The Sun in My Eyes
By Josie Dew

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Armed with only her bike and a great sense of humor, Josie Dew returns to Japan for a second dose of its eccentric and mysterious culture. Japan is a land of contradictions, where snow-capped mountains and picturesque gardens are but a stone’s throw away from concrete, cars, and dense pollution. But wherever she goes, Josie encounters the friendly, quirky, and generous Japanese people, from those who lavishly bestow her with cabbages and cans of Pocari Sweat to the couple who left her the key to their shop, telling her to sleep by the till.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1354535 in Books
  • Published on: 2002-05-02
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 448 pages

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The Sun in My Eyes is the fourth travel book by inveterate cyclist Josie Dew, telling the story of her second cycling journey around Japan.

Arriving in Hong Kong, Dew finds a sea passage over to Japan. Having now amassed the almost incredible figure of 200,000 miles on her cycling clock, there is no room for doubt as far as her determination and fortitude are concerned--so when the ship in which she is working her passage to Okinawa gets caught up in unseasonable storms, the sudden burst of fragility brought up along with her seasickness comes as a surprise. Nevertheless, Dew makes it to her destination, and the pedalling begins.

For the reader, the pleasure in what follows is undoubtedly in Dew's unself-conscious admiration for the generosity of the Japanese. This makes her an engaging companion, and overrides any faults in the prose (which, it has to be said, is laden with adjectives). The result is a book which can be infuriating, but one that also raises a smile and introduces some unusual situations--a snake on the stones in front of Dew, for instance, or the couple who insist on her sleeping by their shop and helping herself to whatever she likes.

Wherever she is, Dew appears effervescent, and it is this enthusiasm which makes The Sun in my Eyes more interesting than many other two-wheeled travel books. --Toby Green

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'Dew writes a lively, entertaining and informative narrative and combines acute observations of Japan with an infectious passion for cycling' - DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Dew is armed with a fierce sense of survival and courage...Overall, Japan is seen as a tremendously welcoming country, discovered by a witty and intrepid traveller' - GEOGRAPHICAL

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
`Josie is an acute observer of foreign lands. A highly engaging travel companion'

Customer Reviews

Stop her before she writes another2
A buddy lent this to me to read on a trip. I had read her other Japan book and thought it was horrible. This one has improved little, although this time she did not spend page after page reporting on what the Armed Forces radio was playing. She has turned into a Japan explainer of the type we had years ago and thought we were rid of when the "revisionist school" became accepted. Well, now we have a quasi bike story and a quasi chrysanthinum club J-apologist hybrid. Overly long, nothing new or deep about Japan. Not much a a travel tale either. ...