joel, a man from the saskatchewanian praries of canadiana finds himself following following a mysterious coin found in his grandfather's possessions across the pacific to the strange but familiar world that is rural japan.

never mind that he's 2 feet taller than his fridge, joel is a man who is determined to fit in to this new environment. when i visited him, he was the only person in his taiko-drumming class who was
A) non-female
and
B) under 45

BUT MAN, DID HE EVER FIT IN!