Inside the Torii Gate - The Journal of an Exchange Student in Japan (Paperback)

Inside the Torii Gate: The Journal of an Exchange Student in Japan is more than the memoirs of a 16-year-old student. It is about a boy's passion to experience a country and a culture very different from ours and connect with a mysterious past that continues to influence the people of Japan today. Jonathan has ventured into the inner circle of a closed society and provides a rare insight into the split personality of Japanese teenagers who manage to maintain a sense of harmony between the old and the new.