#bar pretty

[maia-abroad]

Reunited after nearly a year and sending letters back and forth to each other as our only way to communicate, it felt so good to see Tomomi again.

I stumbled upon Bar Pretty one night by chance after spending nearly three years walking by it and met Tomomi and then I was hooked and found myself spending every weekend there before I departed Hiroshima. There hasn’t been a Saturday night since leaving Hiroshima where I haven’t felt a homesickness or sense of longing for my favorite bar tender, the abundance of alluring patrons who frequent the establishment and always feeling like I belonged.

It made Hiroshima feel like home. またね Bar Pretty 伊達、 I promise I’ll return again soon.

[maia-abroad]

Tomomi (the owner and bar tender at Bar PRETTY) mailed me a post card that I received today at my dad's. Continuously touched and humbled by all the people I met in Japan and I think it's the first time it hit me I'm not going back (just yet at least). I really hope our cute snail mail correspondence continues.