I’ve been thinking for some time with which picture to start telling you about the trip across Japan which took place this May.
You know, starting something is often regarded as a very serious thing, where you simply HAVE to put EVERYTHING right. Deliver hilarious jokes (always fail on that), describe things masterfully, tell stories captivatingly and use as many symbols as one could. All that in one picture and one text to go with it.
Then I realized that there is no such thing as perfect start. You just do. Or spend eternity waiting for the right moment, mastering your start. And the start is probably the messiest thing in the entire process. Also, the most encouraging one. So I start.
I have never been to Japan and never thought of visiting it until my best friend became a huge fan of it, always bringing me some tasty and unusual things from this country (personally, I am in love with Sakura latte, KitKat with white peach, Clear Coke and those rice buns with all sorts of things inside them, beans included). I knew close to nothing about this country and it seemed so different, like it was an entirely another planet.
Fortunately (or not), we live in the era when close to everything could be googled. I did a vast research that included the fact that there is usually no Sakura blossoms left in Japan by the May. Well, that was one of those cases when research proved to be not entirely accurate.
Imagine my surprise and delight when we saw Sakura blossoms near Fuji mountain!
What I want to say with this picture is that miracles do happen.
And, in my opinion, it is the best start possible.