Ngaba ukhe waphupha ukuba ukuhlobo lwakho lwe Omhle kunye nesilwanyana Ngaba yiNdwendwe yethu? I-china iyadanisa, ukutya okumnandi kuphambi kwakho, kwaye njengokuba uza kuluma… uyavuka. Kum, elo phupha lazaliseka eJapan. Ngaphandle kokuba ndivukile, ndihleli etafileni encinci engqukuva, kwaye eneneni ndakwazi ukutya yonke into endikulumayo.

Ukutyelela iJapan kwakukudala kuluhlu lwam amabhakethi kunye nokuwa kokugqibela, ekugqibeleni ndacwangcisa eyam i-Tokyo. Ukusuka ekutyeni, ebantwini, ukuya kwiatmosferi jikelele - yonke into yayigqibelele. Ndonwabe kakhulu, kangangokuba sele ndicwangcisa uhambo lwam olulandelayo. Into endingakhange ndiyicwangcise, nangona kunjalo, kukuba indawo endandindwendwela yona kakhulu yayiyivenkile endiyazi kakuhle.

Yhu, ndaya eJapan ndaza ndazithanda kakhulu nge-7-Eleven.

Mhlawumbi ucinga ukuba ndiyaphambana, kodwa ndinyamezele. I-7-Elishumi elinanye eJapan ayisiyondawo imdaka esiyaziyo kwaye sithanda ukuyithiya eMelika. Endaweni yoko, yinto entle. Kuyaziwa kakhulu ukuba iJapan ilikhaya phantse kwisithathu seendawo zorhwebo kwihlabathi liphela. Uhamba ngale minyango ityibilikayo kwaye ukwilizwe elinomlingo apho ungenakufumana inkukhu esandul 'ukutsha, kodwa uhlawule nemali oyibhatelweyo. Kwaye andindedwa ekuthabathekeni kwam. Khangela nje iYouTube, kwaye uyakufumana abantu abaninzi njengam. Ingqondo ( noko Abantu abaye eJapan bafumanisa ukuba i-7-Eleven inokuba yeyona ndawo imyoli emhlabeni. Uxolo, I-Disneyland yaseTokyo .

Olwam uhambo luqale ngesandwich yesaladi. U-Anthony Bourdain uxelwe ukuba inguqulelo ye-7-Eleven yayiyeyona intle awakha wayitya - ngokucacileyo kuye kwafuneka ndizizamele. Ke, xa ndandiseTokyo, ndenza into eza kwenziwa nangubani na: ndaphosa iibhegi zam ehotele, ndakhangela indawo ekufuphi, ndaza ndaya kwangoko.

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