Karl | Life in Japan
Karl | Life in Japan
Thoughtful writing on life, learning, and place in rural Japan.

A Swiss Guy Hosting in Japan

Golden Week is coming.

We’re not going anywhere.

Instead, friends are coming to us.

From Tokyo.

They say they like the countryside.

We told them they are welcome.

They can stay with us.

We’ll show them around Gifu.

They live in the city.

We don’t.

We host them.

And I notice something.

It feels a bit strange.

Why am I the one showing them around?

In their own country.

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