I bought some small gifts for my friends at the souvenir shop at the entrance. This is a short article I wrote last year. This mentality of letting go is becoming more and more natural now. Just like in this store, Yunluo didn't buy any of the small animals that he loved so much. And today, four months after returning, Yunluo doesn't feel regretful for not buying any.
This year, Yunluo read a book that many people have read or heard of. It had a great impact on Yunluo. The book "Letting Go" is not just about material things, but more about spiritual things. Of course, although it has a great impact on Yunluo, Yunluo did not start his journey of letting go just because of this book.
Because you will find that when your heart and spirit do not fully accept this idea, you only discard things that you can throw away at will, and the garbage and dust in your heart will not be reduced. This year, I have traveled to many places, and I am still as excited as before when I see all kinds of novel souvenirs during the journey.
But I will never be so impulsive as to buy it immediately and take it away. Yunluo will take it in his hand and look at it carefully, and ask himself in his heart whether he really loves it or just likes it. Yes, like and love are different. Like is a feeling, which may only be for a certain period of time, while love is permanent and instinctive.
If it is just a momentary liking, it may be discarded when returning home, but Yunluo will let it go gently. Yunluo actually just hopes that the things Yunluo brings back can create beauty where they are placed, and Yunluo will love them for a long time. "Think twice before buying things, make the best use of the items, and make sure that they can play their role to the extreme.
Until it is used up, this is the final stage of letting go. "This sentence is what Yunluo thinks of before buying anything now, and it is also a sentence that has benefited Yunluo a lot. Yunluo's ultimate dream is that Yunluo is in Yunluo's home, looking around, every corner is fresh and clean, and every item is Yunluo's favorite.
It is doing its job and Yunluo really loves it. Now every once in a while, Yunluo will do a big cleanup. Throwing away souvenirs that have not been touched for many years, throwing away various things left as souvenirs many years ago, this feeling is like unloading a lot of small burdens in the heart, feeling much more relaxed. In fact, think about it carefully. Whether it is a good memory or a bad past.
You can't commemorate with anything, only the heart, only the memory! So what can be kept will be kept in the brain, and if it can't be kept, no matter how many souvenirs you have, it's useless. Do you have to buy souvenirs when traveling? The answer is of course no. In the past, Yunluo would also think that if Yunluo bought some local specialties from somewhere, at least Yunluo would know that Yunluo had been there when he saw it.
Later, Yunluo found out. In fact, the biggest gain from a place you have visited has nothing to do with any souvenirs you buy. Souvenirs are placed at home for others to see, not for yourself. So I stopped buying them for the sake of souvenirs. If I didn’t think about it again and again and really loved it, I would never buy anything. This is how I think about buying things for myself.
The same is true for friends. Yunluo met a friend in Bali. Yunluo and An Chuyu were chatting on the way to shopping. He asked her what she was going to buy. Yunluo said, "I didn't want to buy anything for myself, but I was going to give a gift to a friend. She was going to have a birthday, and she was Yunluo's best friend. Yunluo wanted to give her a gift that would make Yunluo fall in love with her at first sight."
Yunluo will like what she likes. In the end, Yunluo did not find such a gift, and she did not regret not finding it, because buying for the sake of buying a gift would lose the sincerity. I don't know if you will buy a lot of souvenirs during your travels, and you will feel satisfied only when you fill every corner of your home, or like Yunluo, carefully screen and screen again, and truly love it.
It will be used to its full potential before it is brought home. Let's share it with Yunluo. 】After coming out, the sun disappeared and it became very cold. The wind started to blow. I went shopping in the store next door, but the clothes I liked were not in Yunluo's size... It was getting dark, and it finally started to rain. Yunluo and An Chuyu decided to go ride the Ferris wheel tonight on New Year's Eve.
I originally wanted to find a nearby shrine or go to the city, where there would be some New Year's Eve activities, but in the end Yunluo chose not to go. After having enough fun here, I returned to Nuannuan's hotel. In fact, isn't it enough for two people to be together? The Ferris wheel ticket is 800 per person, and it takes about 15 minutes. If Yunluo and Kaiyukan tickets are purchased together, you can save some money.
Yunluo and An Chuyu bought tickets and walked up. At the entrance, they asked a young man to take a photo of Yunluo and An Chuyu. The photo was quite good, and his attitude was really great. It was only here that Yunluo saw that he had a good attitude and asked him to help take photos. The people behind them also understood when they saw Yunluo and An Chuyu taking photos. Sitting on the Ferris wheel.
It seemed that Yunluo and An Chuyu were completely isolated from the outside world. It was raining outside, and Osaka looked a little depressed in the rain, because most of the lights in the buildings were dim. This was a metropolis that enjoyed the quietness during the New Year. However, An Chuyu, who had jumped thousands of meters with a parachute, bungee jumped, and played paragliding, was actually scared and screamed on the Ferris wheel.
The cloud fell and ran back and forth inside, looking at this side and patting the other side. He sat on one side and kept shouting, "Don't move, don't move." Haha, the years passed so quickly, and it was the end of the year in a blink of an eye. I remember that when I was a child, New Year's Day was not taken seriously. There were several holidays in a year, including the long summer vacation and the autumn vacation. The most anticipated one was the winter vacation, because the New Year was coming.
Now, people seem to care about many festivals. In recent years, many traditional festivals have also begun to be celebrated, but it seems that their hearts are more empty. People care about New Year's Eve, just like the appearance of vanity. Sihai City has a New Year's Eve countdown on Nanjing Road every year, but Yunluo has never participated. Yunluo has always felt that this is a sad way to spend the day, listening to the bell countdown.
Feeling the passage of time, on the bustling streets, some people will cry, some will shout, and some will laugh. In fact, they are just remembering the past events that made people cry and laugh. New Year's Eve, it is a new year, a new day. In fact, nothing has changed. Yunluo and An Chuyu work hard every day. In this world of vanity, they are just the relatives and lovers they hope for.
Friends spend more time with each other. After getting off the Ferris wheel, he felt unsatisfied, but he felt that it was enough. Walking outside, the wind was howling, the rain was getting heavier, but the lights on the trees were on. There were fewer and fewer people on the quiet street. There was a small commercial street in the mall next to the Aquarium, selling a lot of food. Fortunately, it was not closed during the Chinese New Year.
Yunluo and An Chuyu planned to find something to eat nearby before going back. It was really hard to find vegetarian food in Japan because many aunties in restaurants didn't know any English at all. In a restaurant where they could communicate, it was easy to ask him to make a bowl of vegetable noodles boiled in water, but in this snack street with so many noodle shops.
None of the stores understood Yunluo and An Chuyu's request, because the store owners were all aunts and grandmothers. So in the end, they didn't get to eat hot soup noodles, and bought some snacks, such as corn and konjac. They had been here for two days, but hadn't eaten much vegetables. Yunluo and An Chuyu decided to find a large supermarket as soon as possible to buy some fresh fruits and green leafy vegetables.
After getting off the subway, I asked the staff and found out that there was a big supermarket nearby. I started shopping. I bought a lot of fruits. I regretted not bringing a small rice cooker. I really need to take care of my own diet next time I go to Japan. You can buy a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, noodles, mushrooms, etc. in the supermarket. It’s great to cook noodles yourself, or you can buy corn to steam.
It's hard for vegetarians to find good food in Japan. The tomatoes here are really delicious. This Chinese cabbage is the best cabbage Yunluo has ever eaten. It's sweet and crispy. It's especially good when eaten raw in salads. I bought some corn and heated it up in the hotel's kettle. It's very crispy and sweet.
Today's destination. It is very convenient to go to Nara from Osaka, and you can get there by taking the JR line. Osaka is sunny and warm today. Yunluo and Anchu got up early and had a good breakfast before setting off. Yunluo originally wanted to stay in Nara for one night, but he couldn't find a particularly suitable hotel or B&B, and he thought he could go to Kyoto as soon as possible, so he gave up.
Yunluo and An Chuyu went out and bought subway tickets. There were still not many people on the train, but halfway through they found that they needed to change to another train. Japan's public transportation is extremely developed. Many people ask if there is a guide. In fact, sometimes traveling is fun because of unexpected encounters. If you just write down all the routes/how to take the bus/where to take the bus/how many stops at home, you will be able to get there.
This is how it is all broken down. Then walking along with the list in hand really makes it less fun. The subway in Osaka is very quiet, almost no one is talking, and most young people are looking at their phones. Many people would bring up the topic of whether to look at phones or read books on the subway. Yunluo and An Chuyu said that Chinese people read the least. Yunluo just wanted to say that this kind of article is actually unnecessary to read.
The original author of this article is Indian. Yunluo and An Chuyu know that the annual book sales and circulation in China are many times that of India. Where did he get the data to draw this conclusion? What's more, the subway is not a good place to read books. Yunluo always feels that reading requires a certain environment. No one is a saint.
Who would like to read on a bumpy and noisy subway? It is most natural to do the right thing in the right place. Puppies can take the subway here. This man is carrying a puppy in a backpack. This girl is the one Yunluo and An Chuyu asked for directions. She is very enthusiastic and cute.
After Yunluo and An Chuyu changed the bus, they were still unsure whether it was the stop they wanted to go to. They asked her to confirm. She carefully told Yunluo and An Chuyu that they would get off in 3 stops, and then took another bus. She reminded Yunluo and An Chuyu again before she got off the bus. Sometimes, when you think about it, this is not a big deal.
But Yunluo can't forget it. Is it because Yunluo and An Chuyu have felt too little warmth from strangers in their lives that they remember it so clearly? But on the other hand, Xixi thinks that even if she encounters such warmth every day, Yunluo will still remember it deeply. Whether it is her or herself, it is right to be grateful for every beautiful encounter.
Aunties wearing kimonos. Yunluo ran over to take photos with them. In fact, Yunluo doesn't think kimonos are good-looking, so even when traveling locally, she doesn't like to buy a set of kimonos to wear and take photos. Yunluo is particularly stubborn.
Life is short, love what you love, and do your best to do what you want to do is Yunluo's life principle. Many people say that when they arrive in a place, they especially want to integrate into the local community and live like the locals. But for Yunluo, this is really just empty talk. If it is just a short trip of more than ten days, it is impossible to truly integrate into the local community.
Not to mention a short trip, even if you can't fully integrate into the city you live in for a long time, how can you integrate into the journey? Traveling is just going to the places you want to go and doing the things you want to do. Don't follow the trend, don't follow the crowd. But during the trip to Japan, Yunluo paid special attention to Japanese women wearing kimonos. The reason for paying attention is that they are walking on the street. So natural and beautiful.
No one would keep looking at them, and no one would point fingers, even if it was well-intentioned. Yunluo liked traditional Han clothing very much, especially the clothes of the Han Dynasty. But Yunluo and An Chuyu seemed to have forgotten Yunluo and An Chuyu's traditional clothing. Men's formal occasions were pure Western suits. Not to mention women.
If someone walks down the street wearing Hanfu, people will always laugh and whisper, and some people will even say that they are wearing kimono. Of course, many Hanfu elements sold nowadays are not particularly appropriate, but it is not unknown that even kimono is Yunluo and An Chuyu's national costume and has become what it is now. Japan's JR line.
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It looks messy but it is actually very organized. Yunluo always likes to sit at the front or the back of the train and watch the rails coming or going. Yunluo thinks everyone has a love for railways, especially Yunluo and An Chuyu's generation. The rails will make people think of many things, and their thoughts will drift to their childhood far away. The young driver is concentrating on driving. The sun shines through the window onto the operating table.
I wonder if he feels that time passes faster when he runs on the rails every day. Yunluo believes that people have destiny. But sometimes when I think about the different forms of work in the world, I feel that it is extremely interesting and bizarre. People say that if you can do what you like in this life, and if what you like can also provide you and your family with food and clothing.
It's perfect. It sounds good, but the differences between these different types of work are so great, can you really choose according to your own wishes? Now that I think about it, it's just a destiny at birth. The railroad tracks in Japan are different from those in China. But Yunluo didn't study the differences carefully. But the feeling and temperament are definitely very different.
Many people like to take photos of Japanese railway tracks and trains. Yunluo found that he could indeed capture different feelings. This photo was taken by chance. Yunluo likes everything that looks complicated but is actually simple. Because often, those superficial things that can be seen at a glance always hide extremely complicated truths. I thought the sun would be so warm today.
Unexpectedly. Yunluo saw the snowflakes that she had been dreaming about in Nara in advance. As soon as she got out of the subway, she could see the road sign to Nara Park. It was easy to see it by following the path. And look, the sky is so blue now. No one could have imagined that a sudden heavy snowfall in the afternoon froze Yunluo and An Chuyu. An Chuyu wore too little and caught a cold.
Many places in Japan sell this kind of snack, with different fillings, but it's too sweet for Yunluo. After buying the matcha flavor once, I never bought it again. But this big brother smiled brightly when he saw Yunluo taking pictures. Cherry blossoms can really be seen everywhere in Japan, and they are engraved on the stone pillars on the roadside. If you want to go to Nara Park, just take the Kintetsu Nara Line by subway.
If you arrive at Nara Station, you will walk far away. It is New Year, there are a lot of people, and places like museums are closed, which is a little regretful. However, even though I caught a cold in the end of my day in Nara, Yunluo still loves this place, especially Todaiji Temple. Walking towards here from a distance, I saw those cute white-bottomed deer in the crowd, they were vying for food from people.
If you ask what Nara is most famous for, Yunluo thinks that the most impressive thing for everyone is definitely these little deer. Like elves, Yunluo likes big animals very much. They are herbivorous, gentle, and very smart, and can understand human nature. The deer in Nara are even more gentle, living in complete harmony with humans. I bought a few deer senbei, thin and crispy biscuits, from the stall.
The little deer loved to eat them. When they saw Yunluo and An Chuyu buying them, they were already waiting nearby. It was strange that many of the stalls selling deer biscuits were as tall as many tall deer. The deer biscuits were placed there, and the little deer could reach them completely. However, they only cared about Yunluo and An Chuyu asking for them and would not steal food from the stalls.
Haha, it's so cute looking at it this way. I live mostly in the city and rarely have close contact with animals. This feeling is especially good. So I bought deer biscuits again and again and fed them. Haha, do you know what this is? Well, Yunluo especially likes to see him playing with small animals, and he laughs like a child.
Yunluo and An Chuyu Humans and nature can live in harmony, but often, they lose their way in the ever-faster value orientation. Yunluo and An Chuyu have been vegetarians for so many years, and they have deeply felt that they have a stronger and stronger love for every plant, flower, leaf, small animal, and insect in nature.
She was grateful that there were so many plants, vegetables, fruits and melons in nature that could feed her, and so many cute little animals that made her feel that she was not alone. She always felt that if she and An Chuyu could stand at the highest point on the earth and have a pair of clairvoyance, they would definitely find that the entire earth had its own natural laws.
Yunluo and Anchuyu are not allowed to destroy humans. There are more and more natural disasters and man-made disasters, but humans always forget to reflect on themselves. Killing lives wantonly/exploiting underground resources wantonly/cutting down forests and vegetation in large quantities/digging mountains and sand/deep hunting of marine animals... Yunluo and Anchuyu's faults are accumulating more and more. Everyone living on this earth has a responsibility. (~^~)