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Minka Book
256 pages
Language: English
9.3" x 6.6" x 0.9"
In 1959 journalist John Roderick joined the Tokyo bureau of the Associated Press. There, he befriended a Japanese family, the Takishitas. After musing offhandedly that he would like to one day have his own house in Japan, the family unbeknownst to John set out to grant his wish. They found Roderick a 250-year-old minka, or hand-built farmhouse, with a thatched roof and held together entirely by wooden pegs and joinery. It was about to be washed away by flooding and was being offered for only fourteen dollars. Roderick graciously bought the house, but was privately dismayed at the prospect of living in this enormous old relic lacking heating, bathing, plumbing, and proper kitchen facilities. So the minka was dismantled and stored, where Roderick secretly hoped it would stay, as it did for several years..
About the author:
John Roderick (September 15, 1914 – March 11, 2008) was an Associated Press foreign correspondent in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East for almost forty years. He lived part of the year in Hawaii and part of the year in his minka in Kamakura, Japan.
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