Jiho Sargent

Written by an American woman priest in Tokyo, it's actually much less hokey (as in, not hokey at all) and much more interesting a read than I'd expected. The author is clearly intelligent, and her observations on Japanese culture astute. The book is also interesting in that its main focus is not of the 'so what's enlightenment like?' variety, but rather the mundane, day-in-and-day-out aspects of Buddhist life.