Taiko Drumming--Alan Booth

The Magic of Miyajima--Donald Richie

I Feel Coke--Pico Iyer

When the Heart Becomes Quiet--John David Morley

Smo--Brad Newsham

Somebody Stab Him Again--Dave Barry

The Essence of Japan--Donald Richie

When the Cherries Bloom--Donald George

Into the Denki Ofuro--Jeff Greenwald

P's And Q's and Envelope Blues--Bruce Feiler

Illiteracy and the Attacking Toilet--Kevin O'Connor

Tea with an Old Friend--Linda Butler

Back to Izumo, Back to Springtime--Greg Dvorak

The Great Tokyo Fish Market--T. R. Reid

Department Store Panic--Jim Leff

Bilingual Laughter--Cathy Davidson

The Indoor Slopes of Tokyo--Jonathan Alter

Transcendence--Susan Orlean

Of Gomi and Gaijin--Steve Bailey

Osaka: Bumpers and Runners--Alex Kerr

Ryoanji Reflections--Donald W. George

The Arithmetic of Beauty--Katherine Ashenburg

Rain Droppings--Brad Newsham

An Alchemy of Absences--Pico Iyer

Monster in a Ryokan--Mary Roach

Sandbath Resurrection--James D. Houston

Unforgettable--James D. Houston

Land of Wonder, Land of Kindness--Ray Bartlett

The Tangerine Buddha--Michael Fessler

Grief--Cathy N. Davidson

Dance Through the Wall of the Body--David Mura

In Search of Beauty--Alex Kerr

Capsule Cure--Steven Wardell

A Yen for Cleaning--Louise Rafkin

Love Boat Revisited--Cleo Paskal

A Queer Night in Tokyo--Marianne Dresser

Red Lights and Green Tea--Bruce Feiler

Rice Harvest--Leila Philip

Last Train to Takatsuki--Michael Ward

The Wa of Baseball--Robert Whiting

Whose Hand is This?--Amy Greimann Carlson

Every Yen's Worth--Clayton Naff

A Thousand Cranes, A Thousand Suns--Alan Booth

Why I Burned the Flag--Çleo Paskal

Raw Horsemeat--Alan Booth

Reflections--Lafcadio Hearn