Memoirs of a Vending Machine

By James Pollard

Mike lands at Kansai Airport in Japan confident but ill prepared for his introduction to his new home. A sequence of events forces Mike on a Journey lasting all day and all night around Osaka. where he Meets Mark, Jon and Jeff and other interesting and colourful characters along the way. They quickly discover the urban soul of Japan and learn enough in one day to last the rest of their time in Osaka. Then join them on the second part of their journey that rips them from the innocent comfort of their humble beginnings and thrusts them forward ten years into the realities of life as a foreigner in the heart of Osaka, Japan.

• Language: English
• Publisher: James Pollard
• Release date: Jan 3, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458044631

James Pollard

I lived in Japan about for about 7 years in the 90s but moved back to Australia at the turn of the century. I earned a crust teaching basic Japanese in high school for a few years before moving to teaching ESL. I studied law part-time during this period and now work as a criminal lawyer in the outback of Australia spending my time in the courts on circuit as an advocate for indigenous Australians. Writing is a hobby and a way of coming to terms with my time in Japan and the transition back to life in Australia. Anyway, please enjoy my literary contributions and I hope to get something else up sometime in the future. Maybe my experiences in the Kimberley regions of Western Australia?

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