good old Japan

so, here i am, back in the land of the rising sun. and it's as if i'd never left.

it was really surreal, the first half day i was here. it was like a dream. the day before, i was battling my way through various airports to get to my flight, and then i was on the motorway back to Yokohama. things only got 'real' when i got off the train in Hamamatsucho, where i used to work, and the smell of the food stall hit me, like so many mornings ago.

and yesterday, i basically spent the afternoon showing an old friend around my favourite haunts in Yokohama. i even managed to see some cherry blossoms! so it's really as if i still lived here. knowing that i'll be back in Europe in just a few days, back to my flat, my job and my life... it's just unbelievable.