Whiskers Abroad is a lively and charming travelogue featuring a trip to Japan shared by two main characters, Audrey and Ashi, who alternate recounting their versions of events. Audrey, having won the chance to write a magazine article about traveling in Japan, takes along her cat, Ashi. Over the course of a twelve-day trip, the pair visit Tokyo, Wakayama, Shirahama, Kyoto, and Miura Peninsula. Food is of great interest to both, as they sample typical Japanese dishes from ramen to sushi to tuna specialties. They also explore Japanese culture, including food markets, a family farm, temples, and Tokyo nightlife.
Adventures abound, from Audrey losing Ashi in the fish market to Ashi slipping out of the hotel at night to go to a cat café, where he meets an alluring feline. Audrey is still trying to find her place in the universe, while Ashi believes Audrey would sink beneath the waves were he not present to rescue her time and again. Audrey is a dedicated reader of her horoscope, and the prediction for each day offers tantalizing clues as to what’s in store for the pair.
Written by author Carrie Carter and beautifully designed by Stacy Vickers, Whiskers Abroad is both an amusing travel story with unforgettable characters but also a useful guide for tourists going to Japan about such basic travel issues as how to get from the airport to central Tokyo, how to purchase a rail pass, what to visit in Tokyo, and what to eat. Lavishly designed with full-color photographs and arresting page layouts, Whiskers Abroad will delight both your eyes and your sense of adventure.
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PRAISE FOR WHISKERS ABROAD:
“Whiskers Abroad is simply a delight, offering respite and reflections that bring readers into Japan from different perspectives, capturing a writer’s journey through new foods, a different culture, and a cat’s eyes. It’s very highly recommended for its ability to reach beyond the usual travelogue audiences to immerse all ages in its fun adventure.” — The Midwest Book Review
First, this book will make you insatiably hungry if you love sushi, noodles, and all other things Japanese cuisine. Super yummo hungry!
Second, this book is an entertaining little delight of a travel adventure of a woman and her cat in Japan.
Third, I adore this book is dedicated to the pets we leave at home when we travel.
Whiskers Abroad: Ashi and Audrey’s Adventures in Japan by author Carrie Carter is this and much, much more.
Ashi became the center of this book, along with the food! Did I mention already that this book made me crave sushi and noodles? This story is told from the perspectives of both Audrey and Ashi on their first trip to Japan. From the adventure of traveling the subway system to visiting restaurants, this story is fantabulously shared in journaling style through Audrey and Ashi. You will learn along the way more about sake and ramen than you ever realized, that the subway system in Japan is quite complicated for first-timers, along with a few Japanese words. Thanks to this book I now know why every sake I have tried tastes so different. I loved learning about the Shishi-Odoshi art fountain.
The writing is brilliantly carried through the words of Audrey and Ashi.
Kudos to the graphic artist, Stacy Vickers. The layout of the book is fantabulous. The graphics are fun with photos, along with the pop-outs. The only thing I would have loved to see is a collective caption on each page for the images or caption on each image.
If you adore a quirky, fun-filled travel book and especially love cats and food – then this book is a must-read. I’m looking forward to seeing where Audrey’s and Ashi’s next adventure takes them!
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Terrific review. I agree that there is so much to love about this book.
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Thank you, Maryann! Yes, yes!
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Any review with fantabulous in it twice is all the endorsement I need to get the book! Thanks for an equally fantabulous review to wrap up a fantabulous tour!
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Yes, you do! You’re welcome!
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