Japan Again

I have always love Japan. 

I been there once before and it seemed magical. There's just some magical about Japan.

So this time, I headed back to Japan with a friend to different cities.

As usual, I don't have much pictures. 

And once again, it's still magical.

The more places I go, I can only say, it's simply breathtaking.

This trip with my friend was quite a chilled one so we didn't really have an itinerary and we just walked where we wanted. 

We didn't really have much of a to go list.

So despite spending 9 days in two different cities, which sounded long, but to us, it felt so short. And thus, it makes us feel that we barely saw the cities much.

And once again, I vowed, to return again. And this time, I'll stay in each city longer. 

But I'm really glad that we managed to catch the sakura because that's the whole reason why we were there.

And they are so beautiful. 

I have so much love for Japan that it's insane.

I have grown up with their animated shows and because of that, I have picked up both their language and culture.

Of course, my knowledge of it will never be as good as a native but it's alot better than someone who isn't exposed to it.

Even sakura. As much as the Japanese value it and love it, so do I. I love that I was born in the month where the sakura's bloom. It's almost as if, if I was born in Japan, my birth will be celebrated by nature itself. I think being a spring baby is just awesome. Because during spring, flowers bloom and life pops up again. And it feels as if the earth itself is waking up again and rejoicing.

There's a reason why my username has the sakura word in it. But I'm not gonna say it here. HAHA. 

 Don't tell me this picture isn't post card worthy. Because it is. Japan is just so wonderful. It tickles my senses in every sense possible. 

However, I did wish I brought my coat as I was quite cold most of the times. And because of that, my friend and I didn't venture nearly as much as we could. We spent more times chilling in cafe to warm up. But nonetheless, it was memorable.

So many thoughts ran through my head as I was on this trip. 

Nature just has a to remind us, that we aren't so significant. And that is absolutely humbling. 

But that's not the only thing that hit me.

I tried wearing this wearing yukata for a day. 

And honestly, I was absolutely comfortable in it. I had no issues walking in it. And I wondered if it's due to my heritage.

I actually, do have Japanese lineage. My great-grandmother was Japanese. And I wondered if it is the reason why I was attracted to this culture very early on. I never quite claimed this heritage because well, I never thought it mattered.

But as years passed, I find myself feeling curious of my heritage. I wanted to know more about my great grandparents. What did my ancestors do? Do I inherit anything from them? Or am I absolutely different?

Many of these questions I cannot answer. But I would like to investigate though. And maybe one day, I will. 

I also realised that I enjoy conversing with people in their own language. I talked quite a fair bit to the ladies who did my hair and helped me put on my yukata. 

I was surprised with how much I enjoyed it. Most of all, I found myself, nodding my head alot as I spoke their language. Because in my natural language, I don't nod my head but I gesture alot with my hands.

It was just nice to connect with the different people and most of all, to understand their mannerisms of how they spoke and saw that I did the same naturally when I speak their language. 

It makes me wonder. Does it mean I have to learn the language of every country I intend to travel to? Who knows. Maybe I could do that. 

But this trip was just wonderful. 

Japan is magnificent as it always is.

And I only wished, I could come here again and again.