People often ask me why I came to Japan and to be honest I don’t remember anymore. There was no ambition for climbing the social and political ladders, no scheme to secretly change the English education system and no plan to reinvent myself as pretentious bohemian. All I wanted was to do my job sincerely and well. At times I drifted aimlessly through the rice fields and mountains of Iwaki, but what’s wrong with that? Along the way I picked up a new language, a ton of happy memories, a handful of great friends and a wife.
I’m also often asked why I stayed for so long. I stayed because it was my pleasure.
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