Anna Benvenuto of Potsdam is a recent Middlebury College graduate spending a year teaching English in a small secondary school on the island of Naru, near Nagasaki in southern Japan. A natural storyteller, Anna has been sending back a running account of her adventures.

North Country Public Radio will follow Anna on her journey in the postings below. E-mail to Anna.

	August 9, 2002:	Arriving in Naru
	August 14, 2002:	Obon Festival
	August 19, 2002:	Giant Spiders and Mariah Carey
	August 19, 2002:	The Parties
	August 19, 2002:	The Party's Over
	August 26, 2002:	Sumo and Island Hopping
	September 2, 2002:	A Typhoon and "Crazy Time"
	Septembert 2, 2002:	First Day of Classes
	September 9, 2002:	The Best 500 Yen I Ever Spent
	September 17, 2002:	Things I Never Thought I'd Do
	September 30, 2002:	Waiting for Culture Shock
	October 15, 2002:	Happy Clothes and Head Blows
	October 22, 2002:	Lost in Translation
	November 7, 2002:	Exploring the Mainland
	November 24, 2002:	A Far Away Thanksgiving
	December 6, 2002:	The Art of Tea