I looked for the woman who might one day be my wife as I followed the Sakura Zensen, [the cherry blossoms] across Japan.
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I looked for the woman who might one day be my wife as I followed the Sakura Zensen [cherry blossoms] across Japan.
After a time I realized this was to take quite some time.
Then, September, 2015, I found her ... in a narrow window between my third and fourth Japan trips. Enough time for two dates, before I departed for the Tatara Samurai Festival in Niimi, Okayama. We Skyped each night between Japan and California, eager to share what I'd experienced each day. From a small cherry tree seedling grew this feeling ... Patricia is the woman with whom I wanted to live all my remaining days. Now obvious I asked if she'd come with me next time. She said: "Yes!"
Turns out Patricia Vining had long been drawn to Japan, ever since that Christmas present: an authentic Japanese doll set. Her expertise in design, she'd already collected an enormous library of Japanese design books. Before our first date she already knew more about Japan than had I from all my previous trips.
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