Urawaza, the subject of popular TV shows and numerous books in Japan, are very clever solutions to everyday problems. In this book, you'll find more than 100 once-secret tricks, with step-by-step directions. For example: can't find someone to water your plants when you're on vacation? This book's got an awesome trick for you to take care of them, yourself!
I am huge fan of books that can tell me how to things. Not necessarily Do-It-Yourself books, although I do like DIY books, but, any book that can teach me a new way of thinking, or, a new way to repurpose something. I love to learn new things and if there is a book or audio book out there claiming it is going to show me how to do everything better, well, that book is going home with me. Urawaza lived up to that promise, well, if not everything, certainly all the things that are covered within it’s pages and it certainly gives the reader inspiration to go forth and find one’s own new ways of doing things. Some examples of Urawaza (secret tricks) from Ms. Katayama’s book are pouring mouthwash in your toilet bowl, letting it set for 20 minutes or then swishing it with a toilet brush for a gleaming fresh smelling commode-works for breath and mouth-works for toilet stains/smells. Want to go out with your friends for drinks but your cash flow is a little low? Drink an energy drink first it will intensify the effects of the alcohol you consume making it more buzz worthy for less drinking. Shoulders drooping over your keyboard at work? A bit of scotch tape applied to the outer corner of each eye stretching them slightly but not uncomfortably will have a reflexology effect on your shoulder and neck strain. Go Lisa Katayama! Let’s hope there is a Urawaza 2 in the works.
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