Super Sushi Ramen Express : One Family's Journey Through the Belly of Japan Guardian First Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2003) and gleeful appreciation of the

and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut's other works

and their own ruthlessness to prevail

and residents are recruited to escort the valuable yet fearsome creatures on the arduous journey

for a moment their identity ceases to exist

but this trenchant analysis from a veteran observer provides a paradigm for both insiders and neophytes

Super Sushi Ramen Express : One Family's Journey Through the Belly of Japan Guardian First Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2003) and gleeful appreciation of theJapan is the pre eminent food nation on earth. The Japanese go to the most extraordinary lengths and expense to eat the finest, most delectable, and downright freakiest food imaginable. Their creativity, dedication and ingenuity, not to mention courage in the face of dishes such as cod sperm, whale penis and octopus ice cream, is only now beginning to be fully appreciated in the sushi saturated West, as are the remarkable health benefits of the