Spirit Medium in Tokyo, 1979

[Urban] [Folk Customs] [Period] [Japanese Variety Shows] This book immerses you in the purest portrait of Showa-era society and the most unadulterated shamanic folk culture. Hu Santainai, the greatest of all fox spirits, raised me. The fiercest and most vicious snake, wolf, and bear spirits are my uncles. The little tyrant of Linchang Village's Second District makes a sudden landing in Tokyo, a city blazing with neon. Tokyo is huge, but why should I, Zhang Chen, be afraid? Aside from losing my entire set of ritual implements in Tokyo Bay, along with my passport and money, the only thing I need to worry about right now is how to pry this "tuna" bone lodged in the front of a subway train loose, and then stop my great-grandma from becoming some kind of "idol"...