Yesterday at work, a couple of Japanese customers were looking at me strangely so I approached them to see if they needed something. When I asked them if they needed help, they said that they recognized me from somewhere. I was surprised because usually I remember faces pretty well but I didn’t recognize their faces at all. They asked if I had ever been to Japan before and I told them that I just went there this summer for a couple of months. Then they asked if I had ever been to Koiwa (which is a small town on the outskirts of Tokyo) and I said yes and that I was staying at a hotel there. I was surprised that they asked that question because it seemed so random to ask about Koiwa, which is such a small town. Right then, I remembered that they worked in the local supermarket (su-pa) where I would buy dinner frequently. I was really excited and told them that I remembered. I went on to tell them that I loved Japan and my experience in Koiwa. I couldn’t believe that of all the restaurants in Waikiki, they came to mine and of all the seats they could’ve been sitting in, they were sitting in my section. It just goes to show that we really do live in a small world.