Driftwood part 1

I met Kei on our overnight bus trip. He's as hippie as I've ever seen a Japanese young man.

Our conversation took place in 4x 5minute blocks while the bus was stopped. Each conversation was held in colder conditions than the one before.

Conversation 1 @2deg, 1am...

Kei: Hi. Where are you from?

Dene: Australia. How about you?

K: Japan. Want a chocolate?

D: Oh yeah, thanks....  What are you doing going to Tokyo?

K: I'm going home

D: So what have you been doing?

K: Backpacking. Hitchhiking down to Kyushu. But I wore everything I had and I was freezing. So I'm going home. What about you?

D: Oh, my family and I and some friends have been in Osaka for a week and now we're heading for Tokyo for some sightseeing. I'm a Seisho no kiyoushi (teacher of the Bible) at the university in Australia and our group is over here visiting a similar organisation as mine

K: So you're a Christian?

D: Yeah

K: So what's the concept? The concept of Christianity? Is it love?

D: Love is very important in Christianity. It says in the shinyak seisho (New Testament) that God is love

K: God is love. I like that.

D: Oh, duraiba san (noticing the driver is going back to the bus)

K: Yeah, we better go