Who Is Hoshi Kazuki??
I have never worked hard.
hen I write this, you may think that I was born in a rich family and got good grades without doing much study.
However, it is quite the opposite. My family was not rich, and my grades were very poor.
I never tried hard because I had no interest in most things. I didn’t like or dislike studying, I just wasn’t interested.
I had no interest in watching or playing sports in general. I had no interest in working hard to improve my position at work either.
Because of this, I naturally did not fit in with my classmates during my school days. Of course, I was bullied.
I spent my days quietly enjoying what I liked to do at my own pace.
If I were to seriously pursue what I love, there is a possibility that it could become something valuable, but I don’t work that hard at it.
All I want to do is just to enjoy myself.
That is what I changed.
That was Traveling.
However, just because I set off on a trip once did not mean that my feelings changed all at once.
My first trip alone was a disaster.
I couldn’t speak English at all, but I had a strange confidence.
so I went to London with the mindset of “As long as I can get in and out of the country safely, I can get by”.
Surprisingly, it went well and I enjoyed it, but I still felt that I would have enjoyed it more if I could have spoken English.
However, People in London were very kind!
When I was lost and was checking a map (at that time, there was no Google Map, so I had to open a paper map), some people helped me out, asking where I wanted to go. Some people even helped me out. When I went to Abbey Road, an old man sitting on a bench nearby talked to me and told me many stories about the Beatles. I was completely lost, so I spoke to a policeman in poor English, saying “I’m lost. I want to go to here,” and he kindly showed me a map.
Unfortunately, I could not understand them English at that time.
Even though they gave me directions, I could not understand more than a vague direction, and I could not understand 90% of what he said about the Beatles.
All I understood was “John is dead, and George is dead…” That was all I understood. The policemen who were kind enough to tell me what direction to go were probably trying their best to tell me, “Walk in that direction and cross the street at the first traffic light and then turn…”
But I couldn’t understand that either, so I told them “OK thank you”
And then asked myself, “I had no idea what to do from here, but now what should I do?
I just wondered so.
Still, I managed surprisingly well.I think traveling is a way to experience inconveniences that you would not experience in your own country.
The accumulation of successful and unsuccessful experiences in overcoming these inconveniences gave me confidence,
and I think I was able to change.
This is a very long preface, but here is my explanation.
I am really just an ordinary guy. I’m not sure if I can study as well as other people, and I’m not good at sports.
However, I was doing what I liked to do on my own, and before I knew it, I had traveled to 30 countries.
The fact that I have been there is not in itself a special feat. Anyone with a little money and time can do it.
However, what made me a little different from others was that I carried out my ideals. Actually taking action.
I think that is surprisingly difficult.
love museums and art museums.
Ever since I was a child, there have been many museums and art museums around the world that I would love to visit someday.
I grew up with a strong desire to actually visit them, and was fortunate enough to move to a company that allowed me to take long vacations.
(It is quite difficult to take long vacations in Japanese companies.)
I think it was that good fortune that led me to where I am today.
Whenever I return from a trip and talk with my friends and senior/junior colleagues, they always say,
“Traveling abroad (especially traveling alone) is hard. I can’t do it myself. I’m jealous of you for being able to go that way.”
Every time this happens, I explain to them that traveling abroad alone is not difficult. That’s why I started this blog.
The presence of great friend
If only I could share my many experiences and use them to actually travel abroad.
The reason why I decided to start it is because I have someone who has been helpful to me as well.
She is an ex-colleague of mine.
She was good looking, smart, and looked like she would rather love to party.
So I was very surprised that she chose the African savannah for her honeymoon.
And I was even more surprised because she quit her job and set out on a round-the-world trip by herself ,which I had always wanted to do!
She also traveled to Jordan and Israel.
I watched “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” when I was a child, and I knew I wanted to visit the ruins of Petra someday.
A pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Jerusalem. She was doing what I had longed to do. I am so jealous of her.
By the time she made her round-the-world trip, I was getting rather used to traveling, and I wanted to visit Israel eventually.
However, Israel was a country that had a well-established image in the Japanese press as “dangerous”.
I was thinking that I would go there when the political and religious situation had settled down and I could travel safely.
I was surprised to see that she had traveled there without any problems.
When I asked her about the security in Israel through Facebook, she told me that “it was not dangerous at all, unlike the dangerous image she had in Japan.”
And I believed her words and traveled to Jordan and Israel myself.
She was right. There was no danger at all.
In fact, in Jordan, I felt the kindness of the local people more than in other Muslim countries I have traveled, and I was very satisfied with my travel.
Seeing is believing.
This is where I realized the importance of word of mouth for real experiences. It’s only natural if you think about it.
We all check reviews on the Internet, especially Google, Amazon, and YouTube, before we buy anything.
Traveling is no different. The experiences of people who have actually been there are most helpful. I felt that after reading her blog many times.
That’s why I started Hoshi-Travel.com like this.
I hope to be a support for everyone who wants to travel abroad to take the first step.
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