anders edström

MY LIFE IN JAPAN   The first time I went to Japan was in 1992 with Yoshiko, my girlfriend at the time whom I married in January 1994 in Kyoto. My parents came to the wedding, each with their new husband and wife. My sister came, too. But more about that some other time. I don’t know what I was expecting the first time I went to Japan. I had seen pictures, of course. But I remember I was surprised, on the train from Narita Airport, to see a lot of fields. For some reason, I had imagined that the whole of Japan would look like Shibuya Crossing. Anyway, it was amazing to discover Japan with Yoshiko for the first time, and to meet her parents and extended family. Unlike many Japanese fathers whose daughters fell in love with Westerners, Junji took me in with open arms from the moment…