Ok, this Blog is not dead. On life support maybe, but not dead. Having just returned from another wonderful trip to this fantastic country, I have been re-invigorated to come back and write again. First on my list is to complete the final entry of the trip there with my wife in 2010. After that, we will see where it goes. I do have so many more interesting (at least I think so!) stories to tell, so there should be no trouble with generating more posts. Alas, back to November 2010 in Tokyo.
After our return from the Tohoku region we had a final night in Tokyo. Nothing too fancy, just a dinner out with old friends. My colleagues from the office agreed to gather to eat at a local place, which was an English themed sports pub for our final meal. I guess they were being very considerate for my wife's culinary tastes. This consideration should be no surprise. We are talking about Japan after all. I remember out in front of this establishment they actually had a small turf soccer field which was lighted. Quite good marketing I would say for this place. A heavy soccer influenced place. Probably a madhouse during the recently concluded World Cup (if this place is still in business as I have not been back since 2010).
Good friends. Good beer. Comfortable food. We had such a wonderful time on this trip. It was a large number of years in the making. I had the help of many of my colleagues, in addition to other friends. For me it was very special.
Sad to say though after these past 3 1/2 years many things have changed in the company. Many of my old friends have moved on or retired. The good thing is though I still keep in touch with many of them, which is the most important thing anyway, right?
Life goes on. Many things change. Nothing stays the same. Except friendships. They can last forever. If you try hard enough, and the feelings are mutual.
I think back on this trip now and am thankful for many reasons. First and foremost though is that while I had wanted to do it for many, many years, when it finally did happen, it was only four short months later that the Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami occurred. We were very fortunate with this scheduling. I am glad we did not procrastinate any longer. The old Furusato and Cha-Cha's in Tagajo are gone forever. They have been replaced with newer versions thankfully, so they do live on. I live on too. And hopefully, so does this Blog. Thank you for reading it.
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