{"product_id":"where-grown-ups-stop-seeing-shinobu-yamato-9798251399615","title":"Where Grown Ups Stop Seeing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere comes a moment when you realize you've been living the wrong life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Tom, that moment arrives all at once: a job that drains him dry, the wrong people by his side, and a silence he can no longer find. He decides to drop everything and fly to Japan - no plan, no destination. Just a desperate need to disappear for a while.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Japan doesn't let itself be crossed in silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mountains of Yamagata, Tom stumbles upon a Yamabushi - a solitary ascetic, keeper of an ancient spiritual practice almost entirely unknown in the West: \u003cb\u003eShugendō\u003c\/b\u003e. It's not a meeting he sought. It's not a story of easy enlightenment. It's something stranger, more real, harder to explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere Grown Ups Stop Seeing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that tastes of morning mist, stone-path footsteps, and silences that speak louder than words. A book for those who have gazed at Japan through travel guides and always felt there was something else - deeper, quieter, hidden in plain sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"He went looking for silence. Instead, he found something he didn't yet have a name for.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you love the real Japan - far from the clichés - this book is for you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shinobu Yamato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798251399615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Shinobu Yamato","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997582373119,"sku":"9798251399615","price":16.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-grown-ups-stop-seeing-shinobu-yamato-9798251399615","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}