Tokyo (by madstatler) I just want to go to Japan. I want to make sure my favorite places in Tokyo are okay. I want to check on Hakone. Why is it impossible to get news about Hakone and Lake Ashi? I’m this close to learning Japanese just so I can find out what is going on over there. I am aware of the fact that my overwhelming concern about Japan, a country I only spent two weeks in, is rooted largely in my fondness for the things I saw and did there. It’s a very selfish concern, rooted in my love of the things I discovered and experienced there. I also feel a great deal of compassion for the people there and the trials they have endured and will continue to endure for months to come. But I just keep thinking about the places I went and the beauty I saw, and I am just desperate to know that all of that is still there. That it is okay, and that it will still be there, just as I remember it, when I return. Because I will go back to Japan. And the more I worry about the state of the country, the more I consider the idea that I don’t just want to visit next time. I want to stay, maybe for a month, maybe for a few months. I don’t know. I just really want to go back. Really really.

Tokyo (by madstatler)

I just want to go to Japan. I want to make sure my favorite places in Tokyo are okay. I want to check on Hakone.

Why is it impossible to get news about Hakone and Lake Ashi?

I’m this close to learning Japanese just so I can find out what is going on over there.

I am aware of the fact that my overwhelming concern about Japan, a country I only spent two weeks in, is rooted largely in my fondness for the things I saw and did there. It’s a very selfish concern, rooted in my love of the things I discovered and experienced there.

I also feel a great deal of compassion for the people there and the trials they have endured and will continue to endure for months to come. But I just keep thinking about the places I went and the beauty I saw, and I am just desperate to know that all of that is still there. That it is okay, and that it will still be there, just as I remember it, when I return.

Because I will go back to Japan. And the more I worry about the state of the country, the more I consider the idea that I don’t just want to visit next time. I want to stay, maybe for a month, maybe for a few months. I don’t know. I just really want to go back. Really really.