It is legitimate and necessary to wonder whether life has a meaning; therefore it is legitimate to meet the problem of suicide face to face. The answer, underlying and appearing through the paradoxes which cover it, is this: even if one does not believe in God, suicide is not legitimate.

Albert Camus, “The Myth of Sisyphus”

2-6 May 2023

Things I haven’t documented yet include:

• My day alone in Asakusa, instantly one of the highlights of this trip

• An old capsule hotel, and an English lad with unexpected words of wisdom

• Growing weary of traveling

• My day in Kawasaki and Meguro, and a haunting encounter that pushed me deeper into Japan’s dark side

• Returning to my host to participate in his bible class