I am a Japanese.

HOSTEL...This is a relatively new accommodation system for youths who travel the world with huge backpacks. There is no services as much as hotels do, but all information for backpackers are set, the Internet connection many times help the youths, and the best deal is the price. Since I have been traveling a long time, I have met someone who I had already met in another city, and these experiences strengthen our relationships...


The Silk Road... this is not where only Chuji is traveling, but also many youths try to see the world through the historical road. And I think I'm getting famous between these exiting people in the spread communities on the Silk Road. When I arrived my hostel in Kashgar today, I had already met some of them, and they have explained about myself, origami, and my project to other residences. In my next destination Kyrgyzstan too, I already have many "friends' friends". Many of them are Western people, but I have met some Japanese, Korean, and East Asians.


Between the well experienced survivors, what we always talk about is next destinations, past routes, and the visa issues. Especially visa issues are always headache for us, and the visa stories differs depending on the nationality. I proudly keep speaking about my visa stories because I think the Japanese passport is the most reliable one in the world as far as I know. Chinese, Europeans, USA... no passport is comparable with mine!!


For example in Kyrgyzstan which is a post USSR country, it's understandable that Cuba, Russia and some other socialism nations are visa wavers, but somehow my country Japan doesn't need a passport. Taiwanese, Chinese, and Europeans, they die before get visas. Actually, a Taiwanese guy were waiting for his visa from Kyrgyzstan for more than two weeks!! In Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan too usually travelers visas are issued around a week, but Japan and some others are issued in a couple of days.


Instead of saying "Oh thankfully my Japanese passport is convenient to travel with", I say "Well, my country is international trusted. It's totally different from others"　I boast of my passport.


Since Japanese politicians are as funny as kindergarten kinds, and Japanese media creates news to gain money from their advertisements, we sometime feel our country is ending. But looks like our country is very trusted and has big influences on the all over the world. That's why I just decided to travel by representing my country.


When I lost a bus because of rode people in China, I say "F**k!! Get out of my way!!" But When I helped an elder woman to bring heavy stuff, left a chair on the train for a pregnant lady, did something good for others, I say like this with lots of smiles...

Yea, I am a Japanese!!






Go for it!! Chuji,