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I remember growing up in Japan when I was 10. I had just stepped out of a book store, and a pretty girl the same age shyly held out her hand to me and asked me if I wanted to walk around with her. This song was playing on the radio where we stopped to have ramen together. She never gave me her name, but told me a day to always meet her to hold hands and walk or picnic. I finally got her name a few months later - Mitsuki. We became close friends, but my parents took a job to America when we were 13, so I had to leave her, both of us in tears and snot. I would send her letters, and she would send letters back. At 22, she suddenly stopped mailing me. I thought she was gone. 5 months later, she was at my door in America, with her hand out to me when I opened the door. We're married in our 40's now, and we've taken walks through multiple cities together across the world and we always stop someplace that has noodles and play this song on our phone. Thank you Mariya. Your love may be plastic, but mine is beautiful thanks to this song. If you see a middle-aged couple with or without their kids with them, holding hands and acting like teenagers or even young kids in Tokyo browsing the shops, its us.

INTO JAPANESE

私は10歳の時に日本で育ったことを覚えています。私は本屋を出たばかりで、同じ年齢のかわいい女の子が恥ずかしそうに手を差し出して、彼女と一緒に歩きたいかどうか尋ねました。この曲はラジオで流れていて、一緒にラーメンを食べに立ち寄りました。彼女は私に彼女の名前を決して与えなかったが、ハンを保持するために常に彼女に会う日を私に言った

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I remember growing up in Japan when I was 10 years old. I had just left the bookstore and a pretty girl of the same age shyly extended her hand and asked if she wanted to walk with her. This song was playing on the radio and we stopped by to eat ramen together. he

INTO JAPANESE

10歳の時に日本で育ったのを覚えています。私は本屋を出たばかりで、同じ年齢のかわいい女の子が恥ずかしそうに手を伸ばして、彼女と一緒に歩きたいかどうか尋ねました。この曲はラジオで流れていて、一緒にラーメンを食べに立ち寄りました。彼

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I remember growing up in Japan when I was 10 years old. I had just left the bookstore and a pretty girl of the same age reached out shyly and asked if she wanted to walk with her. This song was playing on the radio and we stopped by to eat ramen together. he

INTO JAPANESE

10歳の時に日本で育ったのを覚えています。私は本屋を去ったばかりで、同じ年齢のかわいい女の子が恥ずかしそうに手を差し伸べて、彼女が一緒に歩きたいかどうか尋ねました。この曲はラジオで流れていて、一緒にラーメンを食べに立ち寄りました。彼

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I remember growing up in Japan when I was 10 years old. I had just left the bookstore and a pretty girl of the same age reached out shyly and asked if she wanted to walk with her. This song was playing on the radio and we stopped by to eat ramen together. he