It’s time to leave

Checked out of JF Plaza Osaka, recovered ¥20,000 deposit, and paid ¥500 for unwashed bedsheets; he found the manager rude. He revisited neighborhood filming spots, describing the guesthouse as a hollow version of seven-year-old memories marked by loneliness and disappointment. He plans to spend remaining Japan weeks with his girlfriend, possibly visit South Korea, and avoid guesthouses permanently.

Nostalgia has reversed into firm rejection of communal guesthouse life, as companionship and privacy become his priorities.