Hi! I haven't posted in ages. Hope you've all been well!

I live near Osaka Japan, and yesterday I was going through the big Kinokuniya Bookstore's metaphysics section, which I normally don't do because I know I'll find something interesting, and I already have more than enough books in my backed-up to-read list just in English! But anyway, throwing caution to the wind there I was, and sure enough I noticed a 3-book series on OBEs that mentioned the Monroe Institute in the title. Hmm! Interestingly enough, when I flipped through I noticed each of their bibliographies first referenced Bob Monroe's three books, and then immediately followed up with (the English versions of) Bruce's first four books! Keen! Japanese exposure!

The author is a Mr. Sakamoto Masamichi, who is listed as having visited TMI 10 times since 2001, so he definitely appears to be quite into this stuff we do. Mr. Sakamoto has his personal website here: http://www.geocities.jp/taidatsu/ that has his experiences at TMI which is fun reading. In, er, Japanese that is. In his links section AfterlifeKnowledge.com is right up there immediately following the TMI Mothership.


Just FYI, a rough-and-ready translation of his book titles follows (blame me if you don't like the translations -- they sound fine in Japanese! Lots of exclamation points, but Japanese book titles are often like that).


Series title: After-Death Experiences That Go Beyond "Near-Death Experiences"

Vol I: The American Monroe Institute's Hemi-Sync Technology Has Made It Possible To Visit The Afterlife!
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4892954780

Vol II: The Universe Beyond The Afterlife!
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4892954659

Vol III: Other Universes Beyond Our Universe!
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/489295506X


I'll probably check out his books more thoroughly later, but I thought it might be interesting to show how Bruce's work is seeping its way over here! And I'm definitely looking forward to the upcoming official Japanese translations, so I can explain a bit better when my wife says, "Okay, wait, you do...what?"

Pres

wow Pres...all the way over in Japan...I feel good about that! thanks for telling us! always liked Japanese culture...good for TMI and Bruce and all the explorers of inner space...

Hi Marylin, hi Alysia!

Good to hear from you both! Yeah, I think it's fun to see where this stuff turns up. I just need to wrangle the time to read them all -- see what they actually say!


How've you been, Gordon?

Well I just picked it up myself a month ago from Amazon.co.jp, so it is available! (And I thought it was great fun to read!)

Generally some books in English are available in the bigger bookstores, but only a very limited and eclectic selection. It's the selection that the stores' buyers think the general Japanese customers are going to want to practice their English on, so that means 40 zillion copies of Harry Potter and Da Vinci Code. And now a lot of making-of-Star-Wars books. Everything else is extremely hit and miss, so that's what Amazon Japan is for. Not to mention that it's noticeably cheaper to order it online. (If you can get your hands on a book over here for not much more than cover price, you're doing pretty well!)

Here you are, on Amazon Japan!
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/1571744088/

Pres

[edited to make the grammar a bit more comprehensible -P.]