"I want to relive the moment you saw each other again after 33 years"

" I want to relive the moment you saw each other again after 33 years"



Footnote to Narita Airport Quarantine Station


- I did not know Kuni's location in Ginza - searching the internet found the address -

- I stopped at the koban (police box) near Yurakucho Station and asked the cop where 8-6-5 Ginza is -

- he pulled out the large street map and located the spot and pointed towards Sony Building
and said - "turn right at Matsumoto Kiyoshi"



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Footnote to Kamishibai


about 30 minutes later she called Testuya-san back and he handed me the phone.

- "Ray desu" (“This is Ray”)

I can hear she's struggling trying to figure out who I am - and finally she says -

- "Wei-san wa shirimasen" (“I don’t know a Wei-san”)

I thought she said - "Rei-san was shirimasen" (“I don’t know a Ray-san) - something is not right -

- "Ray Craig desu" (“This is Ray Craig”)

- "Ahh" - she let out a gasp -

kamishibai

kamishibai (paper theater)





the lid from the box will become the kamishibai's stand

For Eriko

voice by Eriko Takeshita

mizugi no odori

the dance of swimsuits

suki na kotoba "souvenir"

Words I Like "souvenir"

suki na kotoba "daibukin"

Words I Like "daibukin" (dishrag)

watashi wa okozukai-cho ni naritai

I want to become a pocket-money expense book

suki na kotoba "cucumber" - eigo de kaite kudasai

Words I Like "cucumber" - please write it in English

watashi wa 20 tsu no tegami ni naritai

I want to become 20 letters

watashi wa "Life in Mars" ni naritai

I want to become "Life in Mars"

suki na kotobe "yeah yeah yeah"

Words I Like "yeah yeah yeah"

watashi wa "22 kisses" ni naritai

I want to become "22 kisses"

suki na kotobe "Zakone"

Words I Like "Zakone" (to sleep together promiscuously)

"Mizushima-san ni yoroshiku"

"Please send my best wishes to Mizushima-san"

suki na kotoba "deh eh ku"

Words I Like "deh eh ku" (cah pehn tahr / carpenter)

suki na kotoba - "dakishimete kudasai"

Words I Like "dakishimete kudasai (hold me tight)

watashi wa Sangomaru ni naritai

I want to become Sangomaru (coral-maru - the name of her dog)

"I am foolish"

"Yuko-chan ni yoroshiku"

"Please send my best wishes to Yuko-chan"