# When I Was a Boy in Japan

Author: Shioya, Sakae, 1873-

Genre: Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55939

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=When+I+Was+a+Boy+in+Japan+Shioya&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I suppose I don’t need to tell you exactly, my little friends, when and where I was born, because Japanese names are rather hard for you to remember, and then I don’t want to disclose my age. Suffice it to say that I was once a baby like all of you and my birthplace was about a day’s journey from Tokyo, the capital of Japan. I wish I could have observed myself and noted down every funny thing I did when very small, as the guardian angel, who is said to be standing by every cradle, will surely do. But when my memory began to be serviceable, I was well on in my infancy, and if I were to rely on that only, I should have to skip over a considerable length of time. How I should dislike to do t...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.: IN THE SUBURBS.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.: SUMMER DAYS.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.: AN EVENING FÊTE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.: A BOY ASTRONOMER.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.: AT HOME.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.: THE VILLAGE SCHOOL.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.: MY INFANCY.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.: IN TOKYO.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.: MY NEW SCHOOL.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.: CHINESE EDUCATION.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.: THE ENGLISH SCHOOL.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/when-i-was-a-boy-in-japan-55939/chapters/9/index.md)