The Cherry Blossom Rarely Smiles

The Cherry Blossom Rarely Smiles is the true story* of a young Romanian woman who marries a Japanese aristocrat from a famous and wealthy family. Their intriguing tale of love, disappointment, success and failure is described with sense of humor, brutal honesty, and genuine bicultural suffering. Ken and Ioana’s passionate narrative will take you from Romania to Japan on a journey full of adventure, cultural misunderstandings, self- discovery, alienation and final acceptance.