Online attendance (via Zoom) is available at 550 yen per person. No refund is available unless the event is cancelled by FCCJ. Non-members can reserve at the reception desk by email Payment is in advance till Friday, April 9th, 2021. Reservations cancelled less than 72 hours in advance will be charged in full.
Book Break charges are 3,000 yen/ 4,000 yen (members/ non-members) per person.įCCJ members can sign up at the reception desk. Menu: TBD/ Dessert/ Coffee or Tea with one drink. The Only Gaijin in the Village is his first non-fiction-book.ĭoors open at 5:30 pm.
He writes for the Japan Times about literature. Maloney is the author of three novels, The Waves Burn Bright, Silma Hill and First Time Solo, and a collection of poetry, Fractures. Although it is not always easy being the only gaijin in the village, Maloney features this rural community with warmth and empathy, and portrays characters one rarely meets in Japan’s big cities. Told with self-deprecating humor, this memoir gives a fascinating insight into a side of Japan. He writes about potential missile strikes and earthquakes, and the venomous snakes, terrifying centipedes and bees the size of small birds in his garden. The author, under the watchful eye of his skeptical wife and his new neighbors, attempts amateur farming, basic gardening and other do-it-yourself activities. The elderly have two things in abundance: time and curiosity. Young people are abandoning the hinterland in search for work, leaving the elderly behind. His book, The Only Gaijin in the Village, captures his attempts to fit into the local community as its only foreigner.Įven after more than a decade of living in Japan and learning the language, life in the countryside was a culture shock for Maloney. Together with his Japanese wife, he bought a house at the edge of a small village, a 20 minute drive from the nearest supermarket. A Scotsman in provincial Japan, Iain Maloney, originally from Aberdeen, has lived in rural Gifu for five years.
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