This is the reclining Buddha in Fukuoka, Japan, apparently the largest in the world. Coincidentally Monkey will be going to Fukuoka in ten months time. Although she has not yet done the application Manchester uni has allocated her the available place at Fukuoka Women's University (she would only be turned down if by some catastrophe she failed her second year). We are jump-up-and-down excited as it was her preferred university. It is however the other side of the world and I am having mild anxiety about her being so far away. It has been a very long road from her initial interest in learning Japanese and wanting to visit Japan to the, now, very real fact that she will be spending an entire year there. It feels amazing that she had a plan and, though some parts of it have been very difficult, she has pursued it and is reaping the reward of all her hard work. I anticipate lots of posts about Japan. Stay safe. See you tomorrow.
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