Foreword IX
Preface XI
Questions that Changed my Life 1
Anything for Lake Biwa 6
Culture Shock at a Store 12
Restrooms, They Are a Changin' 18
Bath Me Good 23
Restroom Tales...Continued 28
I wish I was Non-Vegetarian... 31
The Octopus Clutch 36
The Wasabe Spin 39
No Picking on the Dish Please 42
A Bomb of a Meal 46
Why I Won't Say 'I Love Chinese Food' 49
Cracking the Papad Code 54
From Prank to Party 59
Meeting a Celebrity Photographer 62
Lost on a Railway Station 66
Experiencing 'Impossible' in Japan 69
How We 'Nabbed' the Police 72
An Extra Day for Some Extra Fun 77
Secret Passage to the University 82
Singing in the Train 86
The Nuclear Reactor Experience 89
Aikido, Aai Aai Yo! 92
It Left Us Frozen! 97
Seeing Off Corey 102
Saying Sorry Becomes Playing 'Sorry Sorry' 106
When Our Meaning Differs 109
That School I Visited... 111
It's Olympics Time Soon 115
5 Million and Counting... 120
Glossary 124
Acknowledgements 130