VIA Contributors

Behind every VIA article there's an intrepid reporter risking sunburn on an exotic Tahitian cruise, indigestion on San Francisco's best food tours, and over-exfoliation in the West Coast's most relaxing spas. These are the men and women who lived to tell the tale.

Ben Davidson

Ben Davidson is a freelance writer and photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His work has appeared in Sunset Magazine, Marin Magazine, and travel catalogs such as Backroads.

San Jose's Japantown

- Adam Ashton
- Adrienne So
- Aimee Grove
- Al Bonowitz
- Alexander Wolff
- Allen St. John
- Amanda Cherrin
- Amara Holstein
- Amy Graff
- Amy Larsen
- Amy S. Eckert
- Amy Sherman
- Amy Stix
- Andrew Nelson
- Andrew Simmons
- Ann Marie Brown
- Anne Burke
- Anne Koppel Conway
- Anne McSilver
- April Thompson
- Austin Murphy
- Ben Fong-Torres
- Beth Judy
- Beverly Magley
- Bil Gilbert
- Bill Donahue
- Bill Gottlieb
- Bonnie Tsui
- Bonnie Wach
- Brad Herzog
- Brad Wetzler
- Brett Shanley
- Brian D'Ambrosio
- Brian Doyle
- Brian Libby
- Bruce Anderson
- Bruce Newman
- Bruce Schoenfeld
- Buddy Levy
- Camas Davis
- Cameron Walker
- Camille Cusumano
- Cara Froedge
- Carey Perloff
- Caroline Patterson
- Carolyn Jung
- Catherine Guthrie
- Charlie Wormhoudt
- Chelsea Cain
- Chris Baty
- Chris Colin
- Chris Lydgate
- Chris Woolston
- Christine Hemp
- Christopher Hall
- Claire Anderson
- Claire Lui
- Constance Hale
- Corinne Garcia
- Craig Neff
- Dan Neil
- Darcy Brown-Martin
- Dave Weinstein
- David Bailey
- David Bunker
- David Darlington
- David E. Gilbert
- David G. Houser
- David H. Collier
- David Lansing
- David Laskin
- David Sharp
- David Zaitz
- Dawn Stanton
- Dean Blaine
- Deborah Franklin
- Deborah Geigis Berry
- Deborah Kay
- Denise Malloy
- Diana Abu-Jaber
- Diane LeBow
- Dina Mishev
- Don Frank
- Don George
- Don Knapp
- Don Pitcher
- Don Roberts
- Edward Readicker-Henderson
- Eileen Garvin
- Elaine Glusac
- Elizabeth Corcoran
- Elizabeth Wray
- Eloui Roberts
- Eric Olsen
- Eric Smillie
- Erin Biba
- Erin Klenow
- Everett Potter
- Fiona Gilsenan
- Florence Chatzigianis
- Fred Dickey
- Fred Haefele
- Gabriela Szewcow
- Gail Wells
- Gary M. Pomerantz
- Gayle Keck
- George Hobica
- Ginger Dingus
- Ginny McCormick
- Gregory Gestner
- Harriot Manley
- Heather Kathryn Ross
- Heather Lee
- Heidi Haughy Cusick
- Heidi Kotansky
- Hilary Nangle
- Hilda Anderson
- Ingfei Chen
- J.E. Vader
- Jack McCallum
- Jackie Krentzman
- Jamie Stringfellow
- Jane and Michael Stern
- Jay Cooke
- Jay Heinrichs
- Jeannette Ferrary
- Jeff Cox
- Jeff Hrdlicka
- Jeff Miller
- Jeff Rennicke
- Jeff Wallach
- Jenna Mukuno
- Jenna Scatena
- Jennica Peterson
- Jennifer Reese
- Jennifer Scully
- Jenny Hontz
- Jeremy Saum
- Jim Benning
- Jim Gullo
- Joan Chatfield-Taylor
- Joan Melcher
- Joan O'C. Hamilton
- Joan Ryan
- JoAnn Greco
- Joanna Corman
- Jocelyn Fujii
- John Flinn
- John Goepel
- John Huey
- John King
- John Poppy
- John R. Soares
- John Scott Lewinski
- John Skow
- Jolee Edmondson
- Jon Steinberg
- Josh Sens
- Julia M. Klein
- Julie Fanselow
- Kareem Yasin
- Karen Leland
- Karen Berger
- Karl Klooster
- Kate Hove Keenan
- Kate Rope
- Kate Siber
- Kate Washington
- Katherine Dunn
- Kathleen Wheaton
- Kathryn Jessup
- Kathryn Robinson
- Katie Arnold
- Katie Millbauer
- Katie Showalter
- Katy Neusteter
- Keith Howell
- Kelli Anderson
- Keri Modrall
- Kevin Welch
- Kim Olson
- Kim Velsey
- Kimberly Brown Seely
- Kostya Kennedy
- Kris Wetherbee
- Kristen Haney
- Kristina Malsberger
- Kurt Repanshek
- Lance Burton
- Larry Levinger
- Larry Writer
- Laura Daily
- Laura Del Rosso
- Laura Hilgers
- Laura Kiniry
- Laura Laing
- Laura Stavoe Harm
- Laurie Isola
- Leah Hennen
- Leslie Endicott
- Linda Baker
- Linda Burbank
- Linda Liscom
- Linda Watanabe McFerrin
- Linda Weber
- Lisa Ann Thomson
- Lisa Crovo
- Lisa Kluber
- Lisa Trottier
- Lora J. Finnegan
- Lori Henry
- Louise Rafkin
- Luci Yamamoto
- Lucy Burningham
- Lynn Donaldson
- Lynn Ferrin
- Lynne Schaefer
- Margaret Lee
- Maria Streshinsky
- Marian Cowhig Owen
- Mark Bittner
- Matt Samelson
- Matt Villano
- Maureen McGee
- Megan Malugani
- Megan Mansell Williams
- Megan McCrea
- Megan McMorris
- Megan Wong
- Melanie Haiken
- Melissa Carter
- Melody Lee
- Michael Lanza
- Michael Mason
- Michael McRae
- Michael Yessis
- Michelle Hamilton
- Michelle Nowak
- Mickey Butts
- Mike Sharsky
- Mike Yessis
- Minal Gandhi
- Miyoko Ohtake
- Molly Lori
- Molly Watson
- Nancy Freeman
- Nancy Oakes
- Nell Boeschenstein
- Nick Gallo
- Nino Padova
- Patricia Unterman
- Paul Delson
- Paul Gaffney
- Paul McHugh
- Peta Owens-Liston
- Peter Beland
- Peter Jaret
- Peter Steinhart
- Phil Taylor
- Pico Iyer
- Polly Campbell
- Polly Forster
- Rachel Hepworth
- Rachel Levin
- Ray Sikorski
- Raymond Hardie
- Rebecca Antioco
- Rebecca L. Rhoades
- Rhonda Ostertag
- Richard Hoffer
- Richard Moreno
- Richard O'Brien
- Risa Quade
- Rita Ariyoshi
- Rob Bhatt
- Rob Norton
- Robert Sullivan
- Ron Evans
- Ron Fimrite
- Roy Blount Jr.
- Russ Rymer
- Ryan Brandt
- Sandy Komito
- Sara Bernard
- Sara Tuff
- Sarah Bowen Shea
- Scot Zimmerman
- Scott Gummer
- Sean McCourt
- Serena Renner
- Sheila De La Rosa
- Sheridan Warrick
- Shirley Streshinsky
- Sophia V. Schweitzer
- Stephen Madden
- Steve Hymon
- Steve Rushin
- Steve Wulf
- Steven Leckart
- Stuart Thornton
- Susan Freinkel
- Susan G. Hauser
- Susan Stellin
- Suzanne Gannon
- Ted Katauskas
- Therese Poletti
- Thomas Hager
- Thomas Swick
- Tim Cahill
- Tim Neville
- Tina Caputo
- Todd Schwartz
- Todd Stein
- Todd Wilkinson
- Tom Byrnes
- Tom Colligan
- Toni Logan
- VIA Staff
- Vicki Haddock
- Wanda Hennig
- Wayne Curtis
- Will Shank
- William Booth
- William Poole