hey, wanted to thank everybody for sending me emails about this mystery photo. i must have gotten 12 emails with everybody saying the same thing so it must be right. the minshiku i stayed at is called Yoshino. is it still there??? and the mystery girl that was so kind to me is japanese amateur champion Takako Yamamoto. she lives in yoshihama, yes the same place as shun and ryota. and they all know each other. wow!!! i bet she doesn’t remember me because 21 years ago, i looked like a scary skinny chinese boy with a mustache. and i ain’t joking….
but thank you all again for the emails. finally i feel like i can close that lost chapter in my book. next time i go to yoshihama, i will thank Takako Yamamoto personally. it was her along with the many of kind japanese i met in 1990 that made me decide to pursue a career there. 21 years later, that’s what i’m doing and i’m never giving up….[:?????§???:]
wow, i just got this email from shin-san. he use to work at the minshuku Yoshino. that’s him on the left, and the Yoshino obachan on the right. what a small world… i can’t believe how my blog helps me find out so many answers to my many questions. i can’t be a happier man….
