Difficulty of Coexistence
Ever since the Sagamihara stabbings, I’ve occasionally wondered what has happened since then to Tsukui Yamayuri-en and to Kanagawa. So every now and then I take a look at Kanaloco, the online site of the Kanagawa Shimbun. Honestly, I’d like to go directly to Tsukui Yamayuri-en and lay flowers there, but I’ve heard that since the incident the media may crowd in, and that there’s no shuttle bus and the access has gotten worse. I also hear things like: compared with Miyagi, Kanagawa has a larger population and a larger foreign population, and there’s more hate speech than in Miyagi. I’ve never actually seen hate speech myself, though. Or rather, if people with developmental disabilities were to drive out resident foreigners, I think it would just become infighting. (Christ also said something like, “If Satan drives out Satan, it’s divided against itself.”) Basically, I think the foreign people at church are good people, and I probably also have the desire to share Japanese culture with th...