With Love E-mails

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hata san!
I'm sure you made a mistake in the
address.What a wonderful song.
It warmed my heart. \(^o^)/

hata san!
This weather makes me want to cry.(;_;)
I want to travel to the other side of the world.
By the way, are you a guy? Or are you a girl?
Well, it doesn't really matter.(^_^;)

hata san

I'm a weird person. I wouldn't say who I was, but kept sending you mail. I finally realized what I've been doing.By being put into your situation for the first time.
I made you have unpleasant thoughts, didn't I?
I'm sorry. m(__)m
I won't write again.Teru Teru Bozu

Who Are You?

hata san!
What may be important to you might be considered rubbish to someone else.
It's difficult to express your feelings to another person.
The world is not filled with only fun things, is it?
There is no work that can't be finished.
There is no rain that doesn't stop.
There is no night that lasts forever.
Tomorrow is another day.
Let's do our best. p(^ ^)q

TeruTeruBozu

hata san

In answer to your question "Who are you?" I am a former office lady. I quit my company and have moved to Paris. My purpose is to study linguistics and arts. I attend classes in a school as the only Japanese person.

In my free time I visit museums. Louvre Museum, l'Orangerie Museum, d'Orsay Museum, etcetera.

Paris has so many museums that it is impossible to visit all of them in one year.

Today I found a restaurant that serves a delicious apple dessert in Montmartre.
TeruTeruBozu in Paris

hata san

The world revolves around money, money, money, doesn't it?

It's true that money is a necessity, but I feel that there are things more important. In order to find that thing, I came to Paris.

The wonderful melody that you sent me by mistake is still my treasure.

Are you a composer? I am a former bank employee.  This time I will ask you a question.

Who are you?

TeruTeru Bozu

Teru Teru Bozu,

I will answer your question of "Who are you?".

I am a former music composer.

Right now I have moved away from Tokyo, and am enjoying teaching music to children at an elementary school in my hometown.
hata

hata san,

It was very stressful working at the bank.  Even when customers asked unreasonable requests, we employees had to bow our heads to them.

Teru Teru Bozu

hata san,

Paris in the rain; the hills of Montmartre.  On the way home from school I drank a cup of tea at a cafe in the Tertoire Plaza. This is a place where artists gather.

Utrillo was born and raised here on these lands. Picasso and Madigliani had ateliers here.

Even today, young artists display their canvas stands here and there in this town. It seems like my life in Japan never existed.

Why did you decide to leave Tokyo?

Teru Teru Bozu

Teru Teru Bozu,

Just like you, I also had felt very stressed.

Now I am able to completely enjoy music instead of using it for business.

hata

hata san,

What kind of music do you like? I like French pops. Lately I have been listening to old Chanson music.

My favorite is Piaf, who burned with passion over an intense love.

Teru Teru Bozu

hata san,

I have a problem. There is a person who is persistently asking me out on a date.

Why me?

Teru Teru Bozu

Teru Teru Bozu,

Before, I had a hard time swallowing Chanson, rather, couldn't stand listening to it, but nowdays it is beautiful music to my ears.

Why don't you go out with him once?

He may be just doing it out of a matter of pride.

hata

hata san,

It's not good to be picky with foods, is it? We went to eat Vietnamese food. It was delicious.

I owe it all to your advice.

Teru Teru Bozu

hata san,

What is sex?

Teru Teru Bozu

Even if you spend countless nights talking till dawn together, even if your bodies meet to the point of melting, you don't understand a thing about each other.

hata

hata san,

I feel the same way. But somehow, the way that you and I think makes me feel depressed.

Teru Teru Bozu

hata san,

Are you a male? Or are you a female?

Teru Teru Bozu (female sign)

The reason that we weren't able to understand a thing about each other might have been because our bodies became one.

hata (male sign)

hata san,

Are you enjoying music with the children?

Today I went to l'Orangerie, and spent half the day in front of Monet's water lily.

I have a question.

What kind of equipment should I assemble in order to better enjoy the wonderful melody you sent me?

Please give me advice. m(_ _)m

Teru Teru Bozu

Teru Teru Bozu,

For starters, how about changing your speakers?

If you get something that can amplify the sound, then the music will reverberate.

hata

hata san,

I bought speakers. Once again, the melody that you sent me by mistake sounds brand new; like I've never heard it before.

But the internet is strange, don't you think? I don't even sense the distance between you in Japan, and me in France.

In addition, we are able to send not only letters through the phone line, but also music and pictures.

completely clueless regarding machinery,
Teru Teru Bozu

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hata san,

"so long" means goodbye, doesn't it?

Also, this is such a emotional song that it makes my heart ache.

Does this mean that you don't plan on writing to me anymore?

Teru Teru Bozu

Teru Teru Bozu,

You are mistaken. It was just the song title.

hata

hata san,

I'm glad. But for whom did you compose this song? I can't seem to think it was to sing with your elementary school students.

Teru Teru Bozu

hata san,

I used to date a person who worked at the same company as me.

For the first time since I was born, I truly felt that I was in love.

We spent a lot of time together, our bodies became one, and I felt as though, other than myself, I would never be able to understand another person so deeply.

But he was just using me as an accomplice for an embezzlement scheme.

He betrayed me.

I haven't told this to anyone, but this is the reason I broke up with him.

The reason that we weren't able to understand a thing about each other might have been because our bodies became one. Your words pierced my heart.

Teru Teru Bozu

hata san,

In my everyday life, I feel like the relationships I have with people who are near to me seems so weak.

Senseless conversations, rumors, trouble with supervisors.....

Instead of the things that happen to myself, and the reasons I can't stand myself..... even though that is reality.....

it's so much easier to face my computer and write to you. I feel as though the time I spend writing mail to you is the only reality in my life.

Teru Teru Bozu

hata san,

I always blame things on others, and have gotten this far in life by running away. It was like that with my ex-boyfriend also.
He might not have been really just thinking of using me for embezzlement. I didn't even bother to confirm his feelings. I just protected myself by hiding in a safe place.
The reason that we weren't able to understand a thing about each other might have been because our bodies became one.
I have no right to feel sympathetic to your words.
Because I was not the victim, I was the assailant.

Teru Teru Bozu

Teru Teru Bozu,

"so long" is a song I composed while thinking of my ex-girlfriend. She and I were in the same band, lived together, and understood one another... well, that was the intent.

But one day she left me and the other band members, and just disappeared. She left behind a teruterubozu with the words "so long" written on it.

I wonder if the reason I am unable to understand why she left so suddenly is just because I am insensitive.

After being together so much, why wasn't I able to sense her pain and suffering?

After she left, I changed. I don't expect anything from anyone, and don't want anyone to expect anything from me anymore.

I haven't loved anyone, and don't want to be loved......now I see how foolish I've been. The one who was suffering was my ex-girlfriend. I might have hurt her.

The reason I am unable to understand why she left so suddenly might be just because I am so insensitive.

Like you, I might be the assailant, and not the victim.

Teru Teru Bozu, you have showed me that. That's why.....

I want to learn more about you.

hata

hata san,

In the last mail you sent me, I was able to learn of your past.  She left behind a teruterubozu with the words "so long" written on it.

hata san, is it alright if my nickname is teruterubozu?

Teru Teru Bozu,

Had your name been different, it's true I probably would not have responded to your mail. aBut that was merely a coincidence.

You are you.

It has started to rain here. How is the weather there?

hata

hata san,

Paris is nice and sunny!

hata san, you've left Tokyo to teach music at an elementary school in your hometown, right?

Where is your hometown?

Teru Teru Bozu

Teru Teru Bozu,

I am in Kyuushu right now.

hata

Teru Teru Bozu,

What kind of music is popular there right now?

hata

hata san,

In Paris, the soundtrack from the movie "Along the Seine River" is rising on the hit charts.

By the way, the director of this movie, Joanne Ricar is my favorite movie writer.I hear that she is planning to go to Japan sometime soon.

Teru Teru Bozu

hata san,

I cut into the crust of a crisp French bread, and made a sandwich with a thick slice of ham and cheese.

Today I ate lunch while gazing at the Statue of Liberty. hata san, did you know? Paris also has a Statue of Liberty.

France presented the Statue of Liberty to New York in commemeration of \centennial celebration of U.S.independence.

The U.S. presented a replica of that Statue of Liberty to France, in commemeration of the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.

It is much smaller than the one in New York, but it stands at the foot of the Grenelle Bridge over the Seine River.

Teru Teru Bozu

hata san,

Waves are rising in my heart.  I have become sensitive towards casual comments from strangers.

I'm sure they weren't meant to be malicious words, but I was still bothered by it.

I am not the victim, but the assailant, right?

I try to keep this in mind since the time I wrote that mail to you. But I still forget from time to time. f^_^;

When I sit in front of my computer, I remember.

Teru Teru Bozu

Teru Teru Bozu,

It's not good to blame things using exhaustion as an excuse, but lately I've lost my patience.

For some reason, when I write mail to you, I become honest with myself.

hata

hata san,

The full moon is tomorrow. When the moon is full in Japan, it is also full around the world.

I will see the same full moon that you see 8 hours later.

Teru Teru Bozu

Teru Teru Bozu,I saw the full moon.

There was not one cloud in the night sky, and it was floating beautifully.

hata