In 9 and a half hours I'm going to leave the house, take a 15 minute train to another station, change onto another 1 hour train out into the neighbouring prefecture and arrive at Narita Airport. Then I'll go through 2 hours of queuing and scanning, then be on a plane which will fly me half way around the planet in 12 hours. In other words, I can walk out of my front door in Tokyo and be walking in my front door in London in roughly 18 hours. Given that for most of history human beings have had to sail for months in order to get around the globe, I never cease to find contemporary travel amazing.
There are many things I'm looking forward to in London: friends, parks, bread, not standing out for being white, not being asked if I like Japanese food, and English humour. The only downside is having to eat dirty ketchup. Doesn't that just get your goat? Being dirty Westerners we have to eat dirty ketchup, whereas here in Japan they've developed ketchup that's not just clean, but stylish too.
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