…it didn’t take much convincing on her part. So when back in March, Kima – my former university flatmate of three years and my chaotic scientist in crime – out of the blue messaged me the following typo-ridden suggestion… When my move to Singapore last September halved the distance between Japan and I, that goal suddenly no longer felt out of reach.
Safe to say, it ticked more than enough boxes for me to catapult it to the very top of my ‘one day, hopefully – a girl can dream’ travel bucket list years ago. Of course, Japan is – amongst many other things – also home to origami and delicate paper art, tech innovation, and some of the best food this world has to offer it’s an arts and crafts practitioner’s fantasy, any self-proclaimed techophile’s dream destination, and a food lover’s paradise. Polite and friendly yet reserved, Japan is where community feel and a strong sense of solidarity meet an implicit understanding of personal space and an acute awareness of your surroundings – people watch out for each other, but they tend to do so from a distance. It’s a place I’ve felt oddly drawn to ever since I found out that it’s supposed to be an introvert’s dream.
Visiting Japan has been a dream of mine for a very, very long time.
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