I arrived in Japan via Amsterdam at the beginning of this month in safety. As soon as arrival, I was very busy with a lot of things to do such as a presentation, interviews with journalists and writing a article about our activity at Darfur, Sudan. I always stressed how people are living with poor conditions because I wanted Japanese people to know about it.  However in my impression, people show little or no concern about the crisis of Darfur. It is very shame for me as one Japanese. After everything finished, I went on a holiday to Okinawa on last week.  I spent  pleasant days to do nothing but eating, reading with music and swimming. I really enjoyed it and relaxed. But I sometimes thought which true reality was, staying here or living in Darfur because there was a big difference between two realities in the same world. Sometimes I still confuse and asking myself about that question. I think that it takes some time to disappear it from my mind. Anyway, I am fine. The other day I went to medical check and realized that I had lost five kilograms for four months. But don't worry I am sure I get back weights soon.  Because now I feel happy to be able to eat anything I want, also everything is delicious . This time I have a lot of photos. It is very difficult to chose some among them, but impossible to send all of them to you by email. I chose and attached only some of them. If it was too heavy to received, I am sorry. Although it was very hard work and poor life condition there, I was really interesting and exciting, also had good experience to stay with other team members ( Dutch, German, Norwegian, Kenyan, Canadian etc). I am planning to restart my work from December and stay in Japan for a while maybe. Someday I would like to work with MSF again, if I have a chance. When you came to Japan next time, Please let me know. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. Cheers. Mikiko