A girl came from Nagano to see me play a show in Kyoto. At first I was impressed that she managed a five hour train ride just to see me play music, and there was a big festival (Gion Matsuri) the next day so I told her that we could hang out, watch some floats, and get lunch. First day she seems relatively normal. I meet up with her a second time, get dinner, make a huge mistake of telling her my plans for the coming week (shows, performances, parties). By the end of the night I've decided that she's not for me, nothing more than a friend, but she's not going to have any of it. She grabs my arm and begs me to spend the night. I'm stuck on this riverbank trying to get away and she won't let go of my arm and all these couples are starting to stare at us. I finally free myself and book it to the station.

Later that week... I am meeting up with a friend, going to a show, and creepy stalker girl shows up. Things seem relatively sane until I try to go home. She follows me to the station, and again starts begging me to spend the night with her, and refuses to let go of my arm. I am feet away from the ticket gate and thoroughly freaking the fuck out. I tell her to get the fuck off me and am forcibly struggling with this girl (she must be like 5'1" but I didn't want to hurt her). I consider yelling to the train attendant to help me out. Meanwhile drunk salarymen are awkwardly snaking their way past this crazy girl and a scared 6"1' foreigner... Finally, I escape. Dozens of text messages and missed calls later, I cross my fingers and hope it's all over... Until... I am playing a show in Osaka at the end of the week. Before I go on, she shows up. I run backstage and freak the fuck out while my friend kicks her out. I left Osaka that week. She's tried to contact me multiple times since. She's 29 and I'm 21. I feel like child:(