Kindness to All

by Sumeyye Kucukosman (United States of America)

I didn't expect to find Japan

I traveled to Japan in the summer of 2019. I fell in love with the natural beauty, the history and the culture of the people of Japan. The constant act of kindness that I have seen from the people made me want to spend the rest of my life in Japan. Anyways, as a tourist every time I go to a foreign land, I like to mingle with the locals and observe their daily lives. I had a chance to do that while I was in Japan too. One day, I sat down at a fish restaurant near the ocean in Kamakura and I was watching the people go by. I observed that everything was well preserved and respected as a being from stone to a plant. The streets were all kept neat and clean. Nothing was unpleasant to the eye. As I was glancing through the road, something caught my eye. I finished my meal and headed straight to the silver rod at the end of the street. When I got closer, I was amused to find three silver sparrow figures sitting on a silver rod wearing knit vests and hats. I was told that the nights are getting pretty chilly at night in Kamakura. Somebody must have thought that it would be a sweet idea to keep the little sparrows warm at the cold nights of Kamakura. To me, that reminded the kindness in human beings to all no matter if they are living or nonliving objects so I took a picture of it to remind me of that notion.