What I'm packing for Japan!

While packing for Japan, he chooses a rucksack over a suitcase and brings filming gear, clothing, adapters, condoms, and chocolate. He carries a birth certificate obtained for marriage, while unused condoms and a Taiwan cost chart revive last year’s disappointment. Old Japan letters, photos, and Korean-study notes make him depressed; he doubts former guesthouse acquaintances remember him.

Packing for Japan reopens nostalgia, relationship history, and fear that earlier connections have disappeared.