Home to Tsugaru(original) Osamu Dazai Shelley Marshall

Osamu Dazai (born Shuji Tsushima) wrote this travel journal that is part travelogue, part history lesson, and part story of love for the people, the places, and the sake of home. His country is at war, his young child is ill, and his wife is pregnant, so he accepts an assignment from a book publisher to write about the part of Japan where he was born and raised. He travels to Tsugaru to visit places he heard of but never seen, recalls good and bad times, and discovers why he loves Tsugaru and its people.