What the Marmot Did on His Summer Vacation

During August, the Marmot came out of his hole and visited the remnants of Japanese colonial architecture in Gunsan, Korea, adding enough photos and commentary to overload his host provider.

Meanwhile, the Mutant Frog Travelogue visited the foreigners' cemetery in Hakodate, Japan, one of the first treaty ports opened to foreign trade after Commodore Perry broke a hole in the Tokugawa fence against the outside world.