Japan Apology Letter

I apologize for not writing to you sooner, but my time has been very limited ever since I got here. I just wanted you to know that I am soon having my second child! I’ll admit, it has been very difficult getting used to living on an island where unlike Japan, has almost no changes in the weather each season. The thing that I miss the most about Japan is the food and cherry blossoms. The food I mainly eat here is croquette. It is the only thing that my husband and I can afford to eat, as we spend most of our pay on keeping our child, Miyabi, healthy. I would also like to apologize for the fact that I haven’t sent money over, even though I promised you that I would. Ever since I’ve gotten here, I have constantly been told that it is way too risky to send money on a boat trip, and I need to save all the money that I can.

I was shocked that it was so barren and that all the houses looked so beaten down. Honestly, I expected something much more “cheerful”, considering the fact that so many people have assured me that the pay was well within the plantation. I was disappointed in the fact that the pay was very low. Plantation workers only get paid once a month! The house that my husband and I shared was very small and old, and our savings were very limited as my husband spent most of his savings on the boat ride that brought me to Hawaii. The work itself is very difficult, and at first, I almost couldn’t take it. The overseers were very strict and showed no mercy, even to the newcomers. Luckily, we were grouped by ethnicity, and the other Japanese workers taught me everything that I needed to know. They also invited me to several plays that were put on by visiting Japanese