Intro and why fireflies and snow? April 3 2005
Alternate April 4 2005
Continuing JET... April 5 2005
Kurahashi Yumiko April 9 2005
Byron and the Tragic Hero May 13 2005
Moving June 21 2005
Goodbye San Francisco, Goodbye Fog June 30 2005
A New Month, a New State July 2 2005
July 4th in Portland July 5 2005
Montana is Beautiful July 7 2005
Yellowstone July 8 2005
Grand Teton July 11 2005
Trying to Catch Up July 13 2005
Colorado Springs July 13 2005
Yep, Kansas is boring July 14 2005
Some Monastery Business in Oklahoma July 17 2005
Back Again August 13 2005
A Japanese Story August 26 2005
A new Japanese story September 12 2005
Tokyo September 14 2005
Birthday party September 14 2005
Meiji shrine September 17 2005
Kamakura September 19 2005
Japan, Japan, Japan September 19 2005
Torii Torii Torii September 24 2005
Osaka and beyond September 27 2005
omatase shimashita October 3 2005
Update October 7 2005
Pottery and Barbeque October 9 2005
A month in Japan! October 11 2005
A Few Observations and A Couple of Translation Notes October 21 2005
Frustration October 23 2005
Tokyo at Night October 26 2005
Tokyo at Night 2- Bridges of Tokyo County October 26 2005
Chanpon (or Potporri) October 27 2005
Autumn celebrations east and west October 30 2005
One step closer to being truly Japanese October 31 2005
Bridges 2 November 5 2005
Ginza November 5 2005
Neighbor problems November 6 2005
No news is good news November 7 2005
Jimbocho, Ueno, and the Last Samurai November 7 2005
Last days at "The Prince" November 9 2005
Quiet lately November 16 2005
Out in the boonies November 19 2005
I should really hate this place November 21 2005
A response! November 22 2005
Strange days November 23 2005
He stole my line November 24 2005
Edo museum November 25 2005
Passing seasons November 27 2005
No dice November 29 2005
Over a thousand hits! November 30 2005
A most important pilgrimage December 2 2005
It's official December 5 2005
Things I'm looking forward to December 6 2005
Potpourri December 8 2005
Winter comes December 8 2005
日本 December 10 2005
SF December 11 2005
Densha Otoko December 13 2005
Two things I'm happy about December 13 2005
Jet lag blues December 14 2005
Sorry about the wait December 20 2005
Merry Christmas / メリクリスマス December 25 2005