nurizeko

I’ve had an odd relationship with Japan since I was 14…

Anime…

A girlfriend…

Three months there…

Don’t watch anime, broke up with the girl years ago, but I cant get Japan out of my mind, I miss Tokyo’s urban sprawl (and I’m a country lad!, a willing one!) I miss the mish-mash of light and noise, I miss seeing Fuji with my own two peepers, I miss the vertical nature of the country, I miss the 7/11’s and other staples of Japanese retail every other corner, I miss that “rural” shrine in the “country” (where there’s still enough houses to warrent an urban label anywhere else) and most of all I miss real Yakisoba and Japanese rice.

Sigh

Maybe I’ll go for a short break, and go up the Tokyo tower again and see the city at sunset again…

I stayed in Japan for 3 months with my ex girlfriends family.

I really think I would love to stay there again.

You know someplace is special for you when ages after the fact, your still remembering and recalling it with longing…

Between that and backpacking off into the winds of fate, these are the two biggest yearnings I have right now…

I would love to be able to just get around and see without my glasses.

If I had the money and was less squeamish about my eyes and surgery on then while I am fully conscious, I’de do it in a heartbeat.