my old love story My old and short love story. Here in Kagoshima, people and visitors are physically and mentally relaxed and healed by pure nature, hot springs and kind people. On the other hand, Kyoto has special circumstance which is full of traditional Japanese culture, we call it “wa culture” such as gardens and native Kyoto people have traditional Japanese mentality, which is modest, affectionate and self-sacrificing. Many Japanese people feel that Kyoto is special place to go back to native traditional culture. Not only for that, Kyoto has special meaning to me and every time I hear the word “Kyoto”, I feel lonely, sentimental, romantic and heartbreaking. But still every so often I was urged to visit Kyoto to soak into the feeling of loneliness, sentiment, romance and heartbreak. Yes, I have the reason to do that. I was very poor student in kyoto My girl friend was very rich and her father was professor of university He was very strict, and he decided his daughter a fiance The fiancé was very very kind to her and taught her as a personal teacher My girl friend knew him very much and he loved her before she met me. My girl friend thought and thought, which is better for her. The fiancé was so kind and gentleman, so he accepted my relation with her, saying “I will wait until I die” I was very poor, and I could not give anything to her, but she loved me, because she thought she could give me joy and happiness, not receiving love, but giving love. The fiancé waited for us, but I decided I was not a man who makes happiness for her life than the fiancé. One year later, i went to tokyo and she remained in kyoto. all her family were against our relation, but she wrote me letters everyday. I wanted her future happiness and good relationship with her family, so that was only my choice. Of course she loved me and I loved her, but finally I decided to withdraw from this relation I knew that for my girl friend, the fiancé must be the best man for her So, I lied and talked to her good bye because I made other girl friend, and said to her to come back to the fiancé. Many years after I was taught that she got marry with him. I am this kind of man.