Hello, it's been 14(?) years.
Between then and now I have lived in Futako, Wellington, and now Melbourne. Can I still call this blog tokyosubways? :)
Everyone I have followed have not posted in the last 7 to 8 years, barring one Japanese learning blog.
Going back to old posts was massive nostalgia. Perhaps I have truly grown, I did not cringe at words a younger version of me wrote. Instead, I felt... tender for that version of me. I wanted to hug her and tell her - you are amazing.
I miss everything Tokyo. Everything Japan. Perhaps because it is the place where I started defining who I really am in my own terms; it will always be special. Can you fall in love with a place?
I miss my old self. Perhaps we will be reconnecting; there is definitely a reason why I am here on a random Saturday night after 13-14 years?