Names are given in the Japanese format, family name first

1958 - Born in Nantere, Paris
1968 - Pinchbeck and her step sister caught up in Paris Student riots.
1970 - Moves to Tokyo to live with her father. Witnesses ANPO demonstrations and meets Yamashta Stomu, begins writing The Pillow Book
1973 - Meets Bowie David in Tokyo
1974 - Moves to the Old House Daitoku-ji, Murasakino, Kita-ku, Kyoto
1975 - Meets Tibbetts Joe at British Council reception in Tokyo
1975 - Pinchbeck meets Seidensticker Edward G
1986 - Living in southern England caught in the great storm.