From Shion Miura, the award-winning author of The Great Passage , comes a rapturous novel where the contemporary and the traditional meet amid the splendor of Japan\'s mountain way of life.
In this warm and lively coming-of-age story, Miura transports us from the trappings of city Life to the trials, mysteries, and delights of a mythical mountain forest..
Kamusari for its majestic qualities and its inexplicable secrets, Yuki starts to appreciate Kamusari\'s harmony with nature and its ancient traditions.
In learning to respect the forest on Mt.
He begins to embrace local festivals, he\'s mesmerized by legends of the mountain, and he might be falling in love.
Yuki learns to fell trees and plant saplings.
But as resistant as he might be, the scent of the cedars and the staggering beauty of the region have a pull.
Kamusari is the last place a city boy from Yokohama wants to spend a year of his life.
At first, Yuki is exhausted, fumbles with the tools, asks silly questions, and feels like an outcast.
Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is take it easy.
No phone, no internet, no shopping.
Yuki Hirano is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari.
From Shion Miura, the award-winning author of The Great Passage , comes a rapturous novel where the contemporary and the traditional meet amid the splendor of Japan\'s mountain way of life
