2023年10月31日

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I can’t believe 4 years already passed since I last visited Japan. 🥹 I told myself I’ll be back at least every 2 years but sadly, covid happened.

Whenever I’m in Japan, I always feel a sense of belongingness and “freedom”. This country represents all the values I want to embody – the culture, hospitality, cleanliness, politeness, quality of life (set aside the fact that I am a weeb lol).
I have a theory that I was Japanese in my previous life and committed war crimes so I got reincarnated as a Filipino.

While I declined the opportunity to work in Japan years ago, I don’t regret it since I want to keep Japan as a form of sanctuary where the only stress involved is making sure I don’t ride the wrong train (and feet blisters) 😆

This time, I went with my family and boyfriend as promised. Picked late October because it’s the start of my favorite season, autumn, and had to make sure my family won’t get too uncomfortable with the cold (big ❌ to summer! haha). It took months to prepare + lots of anxiety (overthinking 📈📈📈) but it was all worth it. While it’s my fourth time visiting Japan, I never ran out of new places to explore and it never fails to amaze and excite me.

Fuji-san is a little shy on the day we went, but at least it didn’t rain during our whole trip! Planning to return next year for a winter wonderland holiday to make use of my second multiple-entry visa. 😆❄️

• autumn
• fujikawaguchiko
• Japan
• Mt. Fuji