NOW LINKED IN VARIOUS WAYS:

• purple links embedded into the body of the text will take you to a translation of the relevant episode from 'oku no hosomichi' - Basho's account of his original 1689 trip
• links on the sidebar (to the right) are interesting or useful things (like an up-to-date Japan rail network timetable: click on 'english' in the box, put in your start-point and destination and, hey presto, pick whichever train you want! Who said technology ain't wonderful?)
• there may be other relevant links, too
• at the end of each posting there is a link to satellite imagery (the resolution on these varies according to the whim of the US military)