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I remember the rainy days in Tokyo when we first met - though Japan is quite beautiful in the springtime, especially when the sakuras bloom and blanket the ground like snow. I was wandering around Ueno Park, leaving the crowd of people and Hanami parties behind, when you tapped my shoulder and asked me to take a photo of you standing in front of a temple, on top of the hill. You spoke charmingly with a British accent, Chinese-born and living in London. You were amazingly backpacking through Japan on your own for a month. We shared stories of our trips, and then you showed a map of your adventure plans. We swapped emails and addresses. We took pictures of ourselves. When I got back home I received a postcard from you in Nagoya - and later, stories of a dodgy hotel in Osaka, the peril of riding bikes in Kyoto, among other life's off-kilter experiences. I sent winded emails of little things about me, hoping you'll get in touch with me when you get home, but somehow you didn't. Now it's springtime again and I'm thinking of going to London. I want to give you a call when I do make it to the swanky shopping district of London - and hopefully, you'll remember me, still, after the long-distance spell. But my nerves are weak now and "all the umbrellas in London couldn't stop this rain."

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love , travel , london , spring , japan , tokyo , rainy days , ueno park , fontine , to be free , fallacy , offkilter , euno park , blossoms