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Urawaza is a great holiday gift! Buy it.

It's been a while since I pimped my book Urawaza on TokyoMango, but I really think you should buy it for someone — your mom, your brother, your friend, a White Elephant party — for the holidays. It's green and red, colors reminiscent of Christmas Trees and Santa hats, it's not heavy reading, you'll learn lots of cool quirky tricks, and it's 30% off on Amazon and at Chronicle Books' web site with the discount code Family — which brings the grand total cost to about $10. Totally affordable holiday fun!

Buy Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan

Urawaza at my neighborhood travel store

I was at the lovely Get Lost travel bookstore on Market Street in San Francisco just now looking at travel books, and was pleasantly surprised by Urawaza being displayed right by the cash register. By the way, if you've been reading this blog for awhile and you still don't own the book, you should maybe get a copy. It's a great time suck if you need an easy read on a beach vacation.

Urawaza, my Japanese tips and tricks book, on Amazon

Video: Me and Urawaza on View from the Bay

I hesitated about putting this up on TokyoMango-a LOT-because it's kinda embarrassing to see myself on TV, but here it is: a clip from my appearance on ABC's View from the Bay in July 2008. I'm actually also on their new digital network show, Home with Lisa Quinn on Live Well HD, but I haven't seen that yet. Don't laugh!

Urawaza on Neatorama

I wrote a quick intro and excerpt to Urawaza on Neatorama, a super fun blog that I enjoy reading a lot. It's on the front page today if you want to take a quick read.

Urawaza on Neatorama

Buy my book, Urawaza, on its 1-year anniversary

I just realized that it's been exactly one year since my book, Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan, was published. And I think that's a great time to re-pimp it, and encourage those of you who haven't bought a copy to get one now. Here are five reasons why:
- It would make a great Easter gift.
- It would make a great last-minute birthday gift for people you forgot about until Facebook reminded you.
- I will forever be your fan.
- You can learn how to do 108 cool things.
- I'm really close to earning back my advance and any help is much appreciated.

Urawaza on Amazon