50 sq meters in Tokyo, 6915 miles from home

“	I was born a gaijin. I grew up a gaijin. I came to Japan a gaijin. It's always been as natural as gazing out a window and appreciating the landscape yet not being one with it. I fit in Japan because I matched the role. I was a gaijin from the get go. I suspect a lot of us were. More than this, I suspect there are many Japanese who feel like gaijin too, viewing themselves as enduring extras in their long-playing epics of life. But none of this is necessarily negative——as all "true" gaijin will understand.	”
*—Thomas Dillon, "Born and raised a 'gaijin', Japan Times, December 24, 2005*

Thursday, March 1, 2007