After having lived in Tokyo for 4 years now I have started to feel more Swedish than I have ever done before in my life. It is very interesting how much more I have started to appreciate my homeland when I am not living there anymore. The small town I grew up in and used to think was so boring as young has become a small private haven for me.
Now it sounds like I don’t like Japan, but I do, I really do. I came here in 2008 after I married my boyfriend. I like living in Japan and rarely feel homesick at all, and I feel the same way about Japan when I’m in Sweden. Leaving Sweden though and coming back is always a very sad moment. I have lived abroad before but never longer than a year. During my years here I have experienced so many different feelings and I still am. I think it is something I might never get really used to.
Susanna