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Honestidad

"Now more than ever I realize I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere'' Isabelle Eberhart 


 I neglected to talk about some important first impressions of Japan in my last post. Japan has won over my heart and soul. The people here are so humane, so honest, so humble, so beautiful. I have fallen in love with the way of life. I will never forget when I first came out of the airport, there was a sea on bicycles and they were not locked in chains... I thought so many things, but it struck me, do people not steal bikes here? Immediately I felt so much safety and comfort in this country. ( I admit I've been a victim of getting my bike stolen once. In college it was a beautiful commuter that my dads boss, Mike gifted me) And so it goes without saying that people in Japan have truly beautiful souls, they do not believe in stealing! (I mean I guess a lot of us don't but in the societies I have lived previously everything is locked..phones, cars, houses etc...because stealing happens a lot.) I mean of course there are rare occasions when things do get stolen and stuff, but so uncommon. How can a whole culture have so much honesty and integrity? well turns out honesty is rewarded here, and I was told some religions believe stealing things is stealing a part of someones soul (SO: JS). Have y'all seen that picture of the old Japanese man waiting for a light to turn green so he could walk? for a long time he waited. There was not a car in sight. Ugh, it's just so beautiful it fills my heart and soul. I feel so lucky to be surrounded by such a beautiful culture and I have never in my life felt so safe ( USA  I think we still have so much to learn from other countries and cultures)

That is all for now. Here are a few pictures from this past week:

Tsuruta is so bike friendly. 

Mount Iwaki finally shows itself!

Self explanatory.




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