Alice J. Wisler

Writer's Biography

After growing up in Japan and teaching and traveling all over Asia, Alice J. Wisler settled in Durham, North Carolina where she lives with her husband and kids.  She still dreams about riding the train of her childhood.

Read more of Alice's publications at:
http://www.geocities.com/griefhope/index.html
http://www.howtomakeafamily.com

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Osaka, Japan: Childhood on the Train - Story by Alice J. Wisler
- 3rd Online Issue

Where the train bends around the rice paddies, I can hear it. The mountains stand at a distance, framed by the cherry trees and the voices of children are urgent.

“Hurry!” “Run!” “Here’s a seat!”

There is laughter and chatter.

We were Americans raised in Japan. Like the natives, we rode the train to school. Every morning the Hankyu Line took us from our homes in Osaka to the international school in Kyoto. And each afternoon it rattled down the tracks to take us home.

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