Showing posts with label back in america. Show all posts
Showing posts with label back in america. Show all posts

Friday, August 19, 2016

Missing Japan

I've been back in American a couple weeks now and still haven't gotten used to things again. I thought i'd come home and everything would be like it was. I was so wrong. Even though I was born and raised in America everything seems strange to me now.
  Some of you may think i'm crazy, and i wont lie. I might be! Even though i was only gone 6 weeks i don't look at everything like i used to anymore. I look at the way children treat there parents, the way our schools are, even our public transportation and think "Thats not how its supposed to be.".
 I know, i'm american, in america. I should be used to this. But something inside me keeps comparing everything back to Japan. I miss being able to take the trains by myself and not worry about my safety ( Not that i live in a bad neighborhood or anything, but America is completely different when it comes to crime).
  I miss having my host mom cook my meals, and not eating fast food or whatever delivers to my area. I miss being able to walk down the street to the train station and be able to get where i need to by train. Here I have to ask my grandmother to drive me.
  My life in Japan made me so independent. I didnt need to ask for anything. Now im back home i just feel so strange.
  I miss Japan with everything in me. It hurts sometimes. I even have a terrible habit of responding to my american family in... Wait for it.... JAPANESE!  My entire time in japan i was struggling to grasp the language, but what i did learn stuck with me, and now my family is being forced to learn it because i reply in Japanese out of habit. Especially when im still half asleep.