Table of Contents

THE ADVENTURES OF THE WANDERER
CHINA & JAPAN
PART I
2009
Introduction
1
Chapter 1 Shanghaied 7
Chapter 2 Free at Last 17
Chapter 3 Hey, I'm Walkin Heah! 23
Chapter 4 Coco Loves Chanel 29
Chapter 5 To See or Not to See 35
Chapter 6 All Fall Down 39
Chapter 7 I Love Going to the Dentist 45
Chapter 8 Eating to Excess 49
Chapter 9 Ninjas, Cat Cafes & French Maids 59
Chapter 10 In Memory of Hachiko 69
Chapter 11 Elvis Lives 75
Chapter 12 Tokyo Zombies 79
Chapter 13 Meiji Magic 85


THE ADVENTURES OF THE WANDERER
CHINA & JAPAN
PART II
2010
Chapter 14 The China Chronicles Continue 91
Chapter 15 Traveling at 180 MPH 97
Chapter 16 Without the Tooth-picks, Please! 101
Chapter 17 Upon-the-Sea 109
Chapter 18 Stinky Tofu & Duck's Head Stew 115
Chapter 19 The Stick Master 125
Chapter 20 Women Hold Up Half the Sky 129
Chapter 21 Tsingtao'd in Qingdao 131
Chapter 22 You Want Massagee? 135
Chapter 23 My Great-Auntie Girlfriends 139
Chapter 24 Opera Singers, Starfish & Periwinkles 145
Chapter 25 Destination Tokyo 149
Chapter 26 Living Cheaply in Japan 153
Chapter 27 Dancing to the Stars 159
Chapter 28 A Bounty of Beauty 161
Chapter 29 Furniture to the Stars 165
Chapter 30 Here's the Drill 169
Chapter 31 Recycling & Scratching 173
Chapter 32 The Dog Days of Summer 175
Chapter 33 Naked Lost 177
Chapter 34 The Nail That Sticks Up/If I Had A Hammer 183
Chapter 35 To Love & Happiness 187
Chapter 36 It's Time to Take A Bath 189
Chapter 37 Samurai Dream 195
Chapter 38 Sayonara Nippon 201
Acknowledgments 207
About the Author 209

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