Our first date, hiking at Oyama
Our room at an inn in Hakone
Hiking and having tea with Gwen's friend Kaori in Kamakura
Hiking on Gwen's birthday with Gwen's roommate Jin at Hakone
Kissing Mt. Fuji
Autumn in Akita
One of the most famous Onsen in Japan, Tsurunoyu
Fancy Christmas Breakfast
New Year's Eve Shopping Spree
New Year's Day at a Shinto Shrine in Kamakura
January trip to Miyazaki
Watch out for fish hooks!
Plastic food anyone?
Joanna with the Sake man!
Yasukuni Shrine
Ah, the Cherry blossoms!
The Colonol, Japanese style!
Studying in our favorite park
At a Kabuki performance with our teachers
A Wedding gift from the Nakatas
Chilly?
Click to watch Gwen dance on a trail in Minami Alps National Park
Gwen at Megumi Nakata's Baptism
At Shimoda with friends from the IUC
Ready for a reenactment of Commodor Perry's Landing
Gwen as a machi no musume
My homestay outside Shimoda, complete with its own hot spring and seven course dinner
Gwen's homestay family in Shimoda
Our local Buddhist temple
The Imperial Palace in Tokyo
Kushida sensei
Tanaka-san
Suzuki sensei
Sato sensei
Sano Sensei, who made it to our wedding
In Kamakura with my friend Jun
Our final trip: to Kyoto by way of Yamanashi, bike in tow!
Our favorite restaurant in Kyoto, Tosai
Kyoto by bicycle!
Camping on my way to...
Camping in a wilderness area in the mountains between Kyoto and Nagoya--just me, the monkeys, and a bear!
The sign says: "Value Nature! Let's not throw away trash here!" (But it's okay to clear-cut the forest!)
Watch out for spitting cliffs!
Gwen gives her final presentation
Mike talks about Japanese policemen in Korea during the colonial period
