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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I've lived on the road and traveled a lot, so it's difficult to choose.

My last stay in Japan I was jet-lagged and struggling with a konbini self-checkout machine that was broken but I didn't know. Some kind Japanese couple patiently helped me figure it out, even through a few "wakarimasen" ("I don't understand") on my part. Afterward I sighed a deep "arigatou gozaimasu" ("thank you") to them, and they smiled big at me, and walked off.

This experience and many others sealed my love for Japan and the Japanese.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

You don't have to choose one.