I've spend years as a young adult in Japan and it has been the best time of my life. But that was early 2010s so around the time when there was still almost no tourism. The memories made is something I will appreciate forever. Getting drunk with locals, missing last train together with bunch of gals, going to car events, hanging out with gaijin hunters in roppongi hub, taking looong walks everywhere, getting to know a drunk nissan executive in the piss alley who later invited me to his huge ass mansion for a damn amazing dinner, go surfing/fishing at the beach. How can you beat that? In my home in Germany I would have spent the time in my basement playing video games.

For years later i was dreaming of moving back again to live this high life once more. But I realized that I'm not 20 anymore. Life is different now. I traveled last year for a month and it wasn't the same. For one it's so filled with tourists now, it's no joke. I directly noticed that Japanese people are less open to gaijin now, less curious, more stressed. Can't blame em though. It was nice to see the places once more that I enjoyed long time ago. Some still there, some disappeared. Too bad about Ageha :( I went to my favorite fetish bar where i was on good terms with the owner.. but again: suddenly I'm not the only gaijin, it became a tourist trap now. Owner didn't recognize me anymore (sad). No more gaijin hunter, no more shibuya gyarus. I know if I move there now I end up in a weird hole. Probably gonna end up like Ryan Boundless constantly being angry about everything there. When traveling I had no motivation to talk to locals, go clubbing, drinking or such. Maybe that's also normal about getting older. I think if you are young, you perceive everything very differently. Like falling in love with 18.. that feel in your stomach WOW I haven't felt it in ages.