Japan

My father is Japanese and moved to the United States when he was 20 years old. His parents and grandmother still live in Japan.

We go to Japan every few years to visit them, we make so many incredible memories on those trips. I love the food, and listening to the train pass my grandparents house, and sitting in my great-grandmother's traditional home with sliding ricepaper walls and a hot springs bathtub.

I am so grateful I get to experience such a different culture through my father's family.

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