昨日、イギリスに帰国した同じシェアハウス暮で暮らしていた在日14年のイギリス人のメッセージ

　One advantage of living in Japan is that the other foreigners that one is acquainted with are more interesting for the most part than the people one meets in ones own country. Those who come here of their own accord and who live here
by choice tend to be different from ordinary people. If they had been ordinary people, they would never have come to Japan. Such people, in
my experience, are very interesting on the whole.
They come to Japan for various reasons,but,for
whatever reason, they have chosen to live in Japan. I have more friends among the foreigners in Tokyo than I would have if I were in England.
This sounds like an exaggeration, but I do not think that it is. In England I would have many friends, but I do not think I would have such close friends. My friends here include Americans Englishmen and people from other countries.
As far as I know these people are representative of their various societies.
The interest in Japan that we have in common
brings us close to each other and plays an important role in forming understanding and friendship between us.