June Kitahara and Kana Motojima
May, 2025



Hi Kana chan, 

How are you? 

I spent the month spending my time softly. The New York air tastes incredibly bitter, and people look at each other without a glimmer of a smile. I retreated to finding some answers in books and writings.





Hi June,


Japan was always a place that gave me this immediate feeling of peace. I don’t know why exactly but I’m assuming it’s because it is a place far away from where my usual routine is but it is also another home. 



A place where I grew up in the summers, a place my mom and dad grew up, a place where I met my close friends that I now call family. But this trip I didn’t have that immediate relief that I’m used to.



The last trip in Japan was a moment for me to detach and run away from my problems. At least that's what it felt like it was after the fact. I came home immediately with the guilt that I was there. I still think about that. Why was I in Japan instead of being present and being with my Dad. 










There was a lot of moments that brought me joy as well. My close friends who all live in different countries including myself are in the same place for the first time in a long time.






This was either coincidental or they aligned it but either way it made me felt like I was home.





In Hokkaido I saw the last cherry blossoms of the year. It reminded me of my trip last year.








I went to the Izakaya that I went to with my Dad last year. 






I went with his Highschool friends instead.






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