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I'm (probably) going to Japan!

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I'm so excited that I had to share. It's a long story but here goes. My ES left home when he was sixteen and joined the army. Over the last fourteen years I've trained myself to being used to him being away more than near me. As many people here know it was horrible when he was in Iraq and Afghanistan but now he's very happy living an adventurous life in Japan.

I'm OK as long as I know I'll see him at some point in a year but I didn't know when that would happen next. Also I felt I really wanted to visit his new home. We message a lot but it's not always enough.

Because it will cost so much I worked out a whole programme of ways to persuade OH that I really must go and see ES. I know it sounds crazy but I need to get my fix of his cheeky grin and give him a hug. OH said straight away if you want to go then we'll go. I feel silly but I just burst into tears and feel like a cloud has lifted. I hadnt realised how unhappy I was feeling about not seeing ES. I let him know and he's thrilled and already has things he wants to show us.

Only just starting planning but I can't wait.

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How wonderful! I know what you mean about the longing to hug them, and my daughter has only been away in Bristol for 3 weeks! My brother went to Japan a few years ago and loved it. His now wife spent the day dressed as a geisha girl, if thats someing you fancu doing! They had tea in a tea house and ate Wagu beef. He was amazed at the accuracy and ease going on the bullet train. My youngest longs to go there, so I am sure she will, one day :)

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I think that's right Blackrocksrock. Tokyo sounds so huge, busy and chaotic, it makes London sound quaint, that I like the idea of a real comfort blanket for the hotel.

We're flying to Haneda airport which although it is smaller and has less facilities than the main Tokyo airport, is much closer to the hotel. That made sense to me.

The list of things I want to do is getting longer every day, plus the list of things ES wants to do - it's going to be a massive experience.

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