The report of the 2006 American College of Surgeons Traveling Fellow to Japan is here in summarized. In a 2-week period, Dr. Dardik attended the annual meeting of the Japan Surgical Society, and visited seven institutions in four cities. Dr. Dardik was sponsored by Prof. M. Ando, Prof. K. Komori, Prof. T. Ohta, Prof. T. Iwai, Prof. T. Miyata, Prof. T. Sasajima, and Prof. T. Nishibe. The traveling fellow thanks the Japan Surgical Society and the American College of Surgeons for this great honor and the opportunity to stimulate enthusiasm in surgery, academics, and research.