Dating system for mainichi.
 

Mainichi is Japanese for everyday.

This is an ongoing log of our lives since our arrival
to Asia on August 5, 2001. (13/08/05)

Since the majority of our time has been spent in Japan,
all logs are recorded under the Japanese dating system.
Years in Japan are determined by the emperor's reign.
We are currently in the Heisei era.

The date March 25, 2003 is read as
15/03/25 (15th year of Heisei, 3rd month, 25th day).