After he graduated from college, Zachary went to live in Japan for three years. The first two years was in a small rural village in Kochi Prefecture of Shikoku. The village was called Umajimura (horse track village). We visited him there in May and June, 2002. I wrote up our trip in some detail. Unfortunately, I only have it in .pdf version. One day, I hope to have it in html. I'm not holding my breath for that day to come.
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