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Yuuki, fresh out of school, finds himself against his will (or indeed his knowledge) in a remote mountain village, having joined an apprenticeship program in forestry. It is a world far removed from his native Yokoyama. The work, the people, the strange customs, nature itself, are all observed through Yuuki's bewildered eyes with humour and charm. The book, well researched and rich with information about the forestry business, is alive with colourful characters and amusing goings-on. It never gets dull, and in fact is written in such a way that you want to keep reading, even if you don't expect anything major to happen.
Language-wise it's not particularly difficult. There's a lot of nature and forestry vocabulary, as well as some dialect, but all of this is new to the narrator too, so he takes the time to explain everything. Some descriptions of tools and procedures may need more careful reading in order to picture properly.