Konnichiwa

I’m writing this a week after my return from Japan. I’m feeling flat and can’t believe it’s already so far behind me.

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I fell in love with the country in 2000 when I went there to interview some key players in the world of videogames for a TV documentary called Thumb Candy. I’ve been there a couple of times since and even got engaged there.

Eighteen months ago I gifted a trip to Japan to my two kids as Christmas presents. If I’m honest, I hadn’t quite done the maths and was a little naïve on how much it would cost. Luckily (for me, not the residents of Japan) COVID had the whole place locked down until early 2023. This allowed me to save every single penny I could to make sure my kids had the best time ever.