As the fall term winds down, spring break draws near, and foreign teachers across Japan make plans to revisit the places of their upbringing (or to get farther away than they already are), I am reminded of the immortal words of Thomas Wolfe: “You can’t go home again...for less than $700 one way.” Or, as my travel agent usually puts it: “You can’t go home again through San Francisco, but you can connect through LA and Denver.”