It starts as a name -- I meet Nozaki -- But we don't meet -- One night in class -- I meet the second man -- The next day -- We meet again -- The next day -- In the days that follow -- I meet the third man -- When I call the professor -- The dream of travel -- When Rachel and I meet -- One night I meet the professor -- The professor tells me -- One night in class -- The Japanese businessmen -- I know an American Woman -- One night Nozaki and I -- One night, all the bars in Matsumoto -- The men in my country -- The question with Amir -- One morning I meet the professor -- I saw an exhibit in a Chicago art museum -- The professor continues calling -- I read about scientists -- Amir continues calling -- I live in the land of memory -- One afternoon, all the men -- I remember this -- I meet the professor for coffee -- I remember Nozaki in snapshots -- He drives me home -- Then it happens -- I know a woman -- Remembering is a way to keep someone near -- When I tell the professor -- If it had ended there? -- In my remaining days -- At Tokyo's Narita airport -- For a long time -- As time went on -- The men in my country are long gone -- Sometimes when I think of Japan -- Acknowledgments.