Truly, the hardest part of my job is leaving a place. As my journey in a country comes to an end, I tend to get very sad, wondering if and when I return and thinking about how much I wish I could stay for longer. Often, my only consolation is to take stock of what I’ve experienced and feel joy for each one of those marvelous individual things. And so, after leaving Japan behind, I compile this lit
![101 Things I Love About Japan](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/32a51d89285bb3aba2de5b3099aad154cf92e37c/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fi.natgeofe.com%2Fn%2F5162a945-c026-4c17-8dc6-8eae5b22bbf9%2FIMG_9555_16x9.jpg%3Fw%3D1200)