Atsuko Okatsuka
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What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
Oh, God.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
So it's like, I'm leaving.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
Okay, go ahead now.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
Like, you know, and then when you come home, you say, I'm home.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
And then they say, which means welcome home.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
Yeah.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
And so the first time I toured Japan, just like two years, two years ago, you know, I didn't know.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
It's just like thousands of people.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
know who I am.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
Locals, you know, right?
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
So locals.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
And I always felt like I was kind of ripped away from Japan.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
I didn't get to say goodbye to my dad or my friends.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
I didn't know I was moving, you know.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
And then I had to give up my Japanese passport when I became a U.S.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
citizen.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
On Japan's side.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
Yeah, I didn't know that.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
Yeah.
What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?
So I just felt like layers of my Japanese identity was being ripped away.