okay this might sound crazy but i stayed in Naha last summer for a few days during a solo trip to japan. on my last night, i ate at a sushi restaurant that served me jimami tofu, and my japanese skills were nearly nonexistent at that time. i’m severely allergic to peanuts and had the scariest allergic reaction of my life (did not have an epipen either), that began to peak after i had already left the restaurant and was alone in my airbnb, around midnight. i was about two minutes away from death but managed to crawl out of the building with a message for help in japanese ready on my phone and i showed it to the first person i saw who was a middle aged local man just chilling on the beach with his friend who immediately sat me in his car and ran about 50 red lights to get me to a hospital. at this point i was basically unconscious so he did all the sign in procedures for me as well as leaving his contact information with the hospital and told me to call him when i was finished. they put an IV drip in me and i passed out in the waiting room until i woke up at about 2 AM after it had drained. they called him, prescribed me some anti-itching medicine, and then i passed out again. when i came to he had come to get me and gave me a huge hug and drove me back to my airbnb since i had a flight at 8 AM to catch. i was completely delirious and all i could do was thank him and then go to bed for like 2 hours before i had to wake up to go to the airport.
ANYWAY i’ve been studying in tokyo since january and since my semester is over i’m revisiting Okinawa on May 1st. I desperately want to find him again and properly thank him as well as connect more now that I can speak/understand more Japanese. I was planning on either going back to the same spot i found him (long shot) or maybe revisiting the hospital to see if they still have my information on file and maybe his contact info? Does anyone have any advice on this very specific situation?
by heatherette7