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Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan
By Lisa Katayama and Joel Holland
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Japan has a way of thinking that is just...different. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Tokyo-born journalist Lisa Katayama's collection of urawaza (a Japanese word for secret lifestyle tricks and techniques). Want to turbocharge your sled? Spray the bottom with nonstick cooking spray. Can't find someone to water your plants while you're away? Place the plant on a water-soaked diaper, so it slowly absorbs water over time. The subject of popular TV shows and numerous books in Japan, these unusually clever solutions to everyday problems have never before been published in English—until now! Urawaza collects more than 100 once-secret tricks, offering step-by-step directions and explanations.
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Lisa Katayama
Lisa Katayama has written for Wired, Giant Robot, and Glamour, and is an editor at Planet magazine. She lives in San Francisco.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book has a simple layout - problem, solution, and why it works. I'm sure a lot of these solutions work, but the few I've tried fell short. I tried removing a stain and freshing coffee. Those didn't work. Curing constipation with pressure points did seem to help a little though.This is a good reference book for some of the daily problems you want solutions to. In other words, if you don't want to deal with chemicals, food going bad, or the dangers of the outside world, and you don't mind looking silly, this is a book you should look in to.