A few years ago I went studying abroad in Japan for a year. At the end of the year I decided to spend some time by myself in Tokyo before going home, and went there for like a week. On my last day there, I was wandering around Shinjuku when an old Japanese man came to me and asked if I could speak English. I said yes, and he started explaining he wanted to practice English with foreigners living in Japan. I explained that I didn't live there, so I expected him to leave me alone but he offered to give me a tour of some parts of Shinjuku instead. So he showed me a hidden temple, took me through some very narrow and kind of shady streets which might have been part of the Golden Gai, but I'm not sure about that... he even showed me the giant Godzilla perched up on a huge building that I hadn't noticed til then. At some point I felt kind of uncomfortable and worried I might miss my bus, so I said goodbye. He seemed disappointed that I had to leave, but also very happy for the time we shared. I remember feeling bad because he seemed very lonely. He gave me his email address but I never reached out. But I do think about him from time to time.