Being aware of & participating in the #asexual community has had a huge impact on my mental health. It helped reframe my experiences (& myself) as more than just as more than just outliers among peers. Shedding this sense of abberation is a process, esp when it comes to silence. This silence was in part self-imposed, as I struggled to define myself as a teen. Sexual awakenings were an absolute, so I viewed myself as more mature. I had skipped an awkward phase & moved on to adulthood. My sexuality confused my classmates. In turn they labeled me queer.

Foreigners in Japan: Don't do this. Don't popularize it. It is potentially illegal. The video is unlisted atm, but I still want to discuss why you shouldn’t do this and introduce some basics of cultural property law in Japan below. /1
“Buried cultural properties" are lost items in Japan. Even when archaeologists excavate, artifacts are reported to the police and time must pass to allow for someone to claim them (Note: the video mentions the artifacts will be taken to a museum, which is the best practice.)
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