Joseph F. Clark, Ph.D.

 Chapter 4. Reverse Road Trip The anatomy class was a lot of work and ground on uneventfully after the trip to Holly’s. My mugging adventure was quickly forgotten in all the class work. I concentrated on keeping up with the material and passing the class. I got into a routine of class, lab, study and [...]

I cannot believe I got taken for a ride by a Tokyo taxi driver. I’m in Tokyo after a conference and have some meetings and lectures scheduled. I’ve been to Tokyo numerous times, I think about 15, and feel comfortable getting around by metro, walking and taxi as needed. I am scheduled to meet a [...]

A colleague and I were going to dinner one evening. He was Japanese, but not familiar with the city of Morioka Japan, so he asked at the hotel reception desk for a restaurant recommendation. He was told of a little family run business on the corner of the very next block. After crossing 2 streets [...]

I spent a week in Japan for the Japanese Physiological Society Meeting recently. It was in Morioka Japan and I highly recommend the city as an off the beaten trail type of place to go. The area is known for its great noodles, its iron works and the convergence of three rivers from the surrounding [...]

I was on a flight headed to Tokyo. The flight is 11 hrs long and the plane is completely packed. I was booked in an aisle seat and next to me is a little girl of about 8. Her mother is three seats in front of me in a window seat. I prefer an aisle [...]