I talk facing the circle, but my heart is also reaching out to the parents and the other adult ninjas waiting in the front area. I hope they received just as much. 親御さんやフロントで待っている大人の忍者さん達にも届くように、心と背中で精一杯語っているつもりです。
The reason I didn’t get emotional on the way back to America is because the air travel this time made me feel like I am still in Japan.飛行機で日本を発つことにあまり感傷的にならなかったのは、飛行機の中も半分日本だったからかも。
I found persimmons from Wakayama prefecture in LA. It made me think of home and the heroic Samurai Sanada Yukimura. LAで和歌山の柿に遭遇。故郷を思い出し想いを馳せる。真田丸に九度山に、高野山に空海に。