It's been three years since I've been back here. Japan definitely feels like home now. I don't know if I feel more at ease in the culture or if it's just because I've managed to create a home and environment for myself that I feel good in for the past 10 years. I barely remember being American, or looking at this place as "home" or "normal." I feel like I can't relate any more. Maybe it's just Vegas, I don't know.
I noticed I feel lonely not because I'm alone here - I've been alone in new places before - but because I feel like I can't relate to the people and what concerns them. I find the majority of it petty and unstimulating. I guess I could pretend I was interested, but that's what I left the US to come to Japan for.
I also noticed America is BIG. I don't just mean geographically. I mean in the product sizes. The people. There are lots of physically big - by that I mean tall, muscular and/or obese. It's a bit intimidating.
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About Me
- hijodeganas
- Osaka, Kansai, Japan
- a youthful nomad, occasionally assisting the locals in their quest for second language acquisition, often pondering trivial metaphysical questions, reading books, discussing things of no importance, going on adventures and playing a lot of poker.
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