Stuck. That's how Celeste Duncan--with her deadbeat boyfriend and static career--feels. But then she receives a puzzling phone call and box full of mysterious family heirlooms that just might be the first real clue to the identity of the father she never knew. Impulsively, Celeste flies to Japan to search for a long-lost relative who could provide an answer and stumbles headfirst into a weird wonderful world--a culture whose inexplicable fascinations include foreigners, karaoke boxes, and unbearably perky TV stars.