Happiness Journal 8/12/24

I have been married to a Japanese lady for ten years. Barring the COVID years, I have been visiting Japan at least once every year. But this year is the first year in which I feel that my experiences as a father and as a member of a multi-generational household come to a boil, helping me put two and two together, formulating hypotheses for observations of Japanese society that are generally known by Japanophiles. Sensei has his own unique point of view with regard to why the Japanese are fanatical about food. 🍱 Why many Japanese people still care so much about getting married and having children? Why do they think that that is the ONLY way to attain happiness? Not only that, my blog is alive and kicking this year. And despite my commitments, I can hardly wait to flesh out my hypotheses on the screen for the world to critique and criticise.

I have always wanted to be a cool writer like Pico Iyer, who writes so evocatively about Japan that I want to weep. But I think I don’t need to be as good as him. If I write stuff that only I am uniquely qualified to write about, there is room in the Universe for me.