EP 12. Is it a 3D Rubik's Cube? Nope, it's a modern mechanized shifting up/down/across parking garage.

Traffic in Yokohama never stops, so Bill and I thought it best that I practice driving the scooter close. That is, until a friend called to meet her downtown for lunch. With trepidation, red scooter and I braved our way around taxis, buses, and a zillion cars, ending with an "I did it."

EP 10. The districts of Tokyo are an eye opener for a girl from south Alabama. Want a TV? Got to Akihabara, doesn't matter what kind of TV or technology but be ready for the crowds.

And a little about Sumo.

EP 09. I've learned a whole new way of shopping for dinner: one meal at a time, every day, buying everything fresh at small, friendly owner shops in the neighborhood. But the biggest surprise? Reserving a tennis court by lottery, a month in advance!

A big process, but Bill finally rode his Yamaha double seater home.

EP 7: Finding a motorscooter was easy -- the papers, license, helmets were the complicated part. It included getting our Japanese alien papers and Debbie's Japanese papers!

The joy and frustration of shopping as a gaijen in Japan.

EP 05. Oh where is our shipment from the States!

A futon, chair, desk and computer -- and one terrific radio system, is that really all we need?