Goji no chaimu

Added 2019-03-01 01:43:33 +0000 UTC

I've written a blog post about our feelings on arriving in Japan, and on our impressions about the island of Chichijima. Read the whole story here.

"After a long 21 day passage, seeing the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal. This was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil.

We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by your own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower. If we had stuck to our plan of sailing there via Hawaii, we would have been there sooner, but I’m glad we took the long route. We passed through 9 countries, and learned a lot about the world and about ourselves.

During that time we often talked about what it would be like to arrive in Japan, what would happen when we did.

This was a big deal for us, a milestone in our lives and the culmination of 3 years of hard work. A fantasy made real is a hell of an achievement. A part of me couldn’t believe we’d made it, anytime now I’d wake up mid-ocean in transit in the South Pacific.

Even when I’d have my feet planted on the ground, with a Japanese flag flying above my head, I knew I’d be anxious, waiting for something horrible to happen that would rob us of our victory..."

- Rekka