Raj Feridun wrote:

> >> It's nice down here. If you ever make it down to Shikoku give me a
> >> holler and I'd be glad to show you around. I'd be so happy to show you
> >> a nicer side to this place we live in.
> >
> >Thank you for the offer. I've always wanted to visit Shikoku.
>
> I can imagine. The place you guys are living in sounds horrible!

I don't believe it's horrible, but in any case, it's called "Japan". The part
where the vast majority of people in Japan live, not in rural Shikoku.

All of Hiroshima is less than 3% of the Japanese population, but I can see many
of society's problems here anyway. What I hear of big cities no longer surprises
me much.

> Come on down!

Are you sure? I like Shikoku and it was where I was going to live (Kochi) if I
had not come here to be near Fukuyama Castle.

Are you aware a 5,000 yen bus ticket can take me (and any homeless or unemployed
I can get to agree to go) to you?

Would you also like to come up here?

With your unused clothes? The people need hats, gloves, and long underwear. The
long underwear in particular, gets pricey.