"Everyone knows how to live the good life in Paris, Provence, or Tuscany. Now, Matthew Amster-Burton makes you fall in love with Tokyo. Experience this exciting and misunderstood city through the eyes of three Americans living in a tiny Tokyo apartment. Follow 8-year-old Iris on a solo errand to the world's greatest supermarket, picnic on the bullet train, and eat a staggering array of great, inexpensive foods, from eel to udon. A humorous travel memoir in the tradition of Peter Mayle and Bill Bryson, Pretty Good Number One is the next best thing to a ticket to Tokyo." --Page [4] of cover.

"With a new afterword by the author" --Cover.

On Japanese words -- Introduction -- Tea -- West side living -- Ramen -- The world's greatest supermarket -- Japanese breakfast -- Tofu -- Just an American girl in the Tokyo streets -- Crush hour -- Yakitori -- Cozy town -- Tempura -- Chains of love -- Udon and soba -- Katakana accent -- Sushi -- Steakhouse vs. porkhouse -- Hot pots -- Bathtime -- Dumplings -- Okonomiyaki -- Izakaya nights -- The Takoyaki chronicles -- Just an American girl eating Tokyo sweets -- Eel -- On the river -- Reentry -- Afterword: Kentucky Christmas -- Bibliography.