Patron Saint of Falling Over Things

I'm a survivor of a roughly thirty-year tech career in Silicon Valley. Likely to cash in on the insane housing market sometime soon and go someplace less hectic.

As for Japan, it's a significant player in the world economy, supposedly wary of outsiders, and has a stereotypical and no doubt exaggerated reputation of inscrutability. I toured there for nearly a month in 2007, which gave me a more accurate impression of the people and some idea of the culture. I would like to know more.

Because you are an outsider who is nevertheless embedded to some degree in their culture, I believe I can learn much from your experience. This also might relate to my own experience as a gender outsider in a culture that places far too much emphasis on gender.

I appreciate your willingness to honor neopronouns and interest in trans and nonbinary issues. I like your dragonfly icon; our yardscape is dragonfly-friendly, and we enjoy seeing them.