Category:Nicholas Klar
Nicholas Klar is a peripatetic teacher, historian and writer originally from Adelaide, Australia (but it's highly unlikely anyone remembers him there.)
He has lived in five different countries (all with varying GDP, democratic practices and personal hygiene regimes), studied in Australia and the U.S., and has travelled widely throughout Asia and the Pacific.
His most recent incarnation is as a teacher of History in international schools in Asia. His only real claims to recent fame are that he once was, 1) the only person in the whole of Shanghai without a mobile phone, and 2) apparently the only non-beer drinking Australian in the whole of East Asia.
‘My Mother is a Tractor’, released in late 2005, is his first full-length book - a rollicking, fact-filled ride through the Land of the Rising Sun and the JET Program that will both amuse and inform. He has also had several short stories, travelogues, articles and essays published previously in various media such as The Japan Times, Shanghai Daily, Fukuoka-Now, Asia! and Voyage.
When previously resident in Japan he was a regular contributor to the JET Journal, Niigata JOHO and other magazines. Additionally he is editor / webmaster of the Unofficial JET Programme Guide plus the very popular travel portal - Explore the Heart of Japan
After departing Shanghai after six long years he is now apparently lost somewhere between a hot spring in Kyushu and a hawker stall in S-E Asia.
His ambition is world peace, plus to be very rich without ever having to actually work for it. And maybe also to never hear the words "Hey...let’s climb Mount Fuji!" again.