“I grew up near a Japanese community here in Nicaragua. My mum always listened to this lady speak Japanese. Even though she didn’t understood a word she enjoyed the sound of the language. There was this specific word she loved the most, it’s ‘Sayonara’. She even named me after it.”
“What does it mean?”
“Goodbye..”
Nicaragua – Diriamba
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