Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan
by: Lisa Katayama
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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 in an eye-catching package as unconventional as its contents.
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 in an eye-catching package as unconventional as its contents.
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Expected more; terribly illustrated
The tips are interesting, but there should be more; and the illustrations are exceptionally terrible, and in some cases, useless, for example when showing you pressure points to relieve ailments.
But if you find a tip that works, it may be worth it.
Rating: - Ok, not great
I knew most of the tips in this thin book. Not many tips but I do like the cover and the explanations why the tips work. Try to find it on sale or used.
Rating: 
- Fun Book
This book is a very fun read and great resource if you want to impress your friends and family.
Rating: 
- Five Stars even before purchase...I OWE this author!
When the Dallas Morning News reviewed this book, I almost passed. I'm 66 and have had about enough of household hints, but it was a slow day and I read to the end. Paraphrasing, "To restore a wool sweater shrunk in the dryer, soak in a sink of water and hair conditioner, then block etc...." My Prince had washed in hot water AND dried my favorite garment ever...a $300 merino wool/possum fur cardigan sweater from New Zealand.No kidding,from an XXL it might have fit a 10 year old child.I hadn't ... Read More
Rating: - Fun
This a fun book with a lot of simple and very helpful tricks that you can use in your daily life. It is very entertaining and I love sharing the secrets. I found myself using the tips and tricks in this book from the first day I started reading it.
I would definitely recommend it.
- Expected more; terribly illustratedThe tips are interesting, but there should be more; and the illustrations are exceptionally terrible, and in some cases, useless, for example when showing you pressure points to relieve ailments.
But if you find a tip that works, it may be worth it.
- Ok, not greatI knew most of the tips in this thin book. Not many tips but I do like the cover and the explanations why the tips work. Try to find it on sale or used.
- Fun BookThis book is a very fun read and great resource if you want to impress your friends and family.
- Five Stars even before purchase...I OWE this author!When the Dallas Morning News reviewed this book, I almost passed. I'm 66 and have had about enough of household hints, but it was a slow day and I read to the end. Paraphrasing, "To restore a wool sweater shrunk in the dryer, soak in a sink of water and hair conditioner, then block etc...." My Prince had washed in hot water AND dried my favorite garment ever...a $300 merino wool/possum fur cardigan sweater from New Zealand.No kidding,from an XXL it might have fit a 10 year old child.I hadn't ... Read More
- FunThis a fun book with a lot of simple and very helpful tricks that you can use in your daily life. It is very entertaining and I love sharing the secrets. I found myself using the tips and tricks in this book from the first day I started reading it.
I would definitely recommend it.
