ナンシー・アシュクロフト

*I'm at the summer festival in the neighborhood today, and the fireworks are going off, so it's quite crowded.

I'm sitting at a table at a food stall, drinking and enjoying the summer tradition.

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Meanwhile, at the next table, a foreign woman in a yukata was drinking a beer mug with gusto all by herself. Just as her refill arrived at a good time, our eyes met···*

"Are you alone? Me too... I feel kind of alone.
Would you like to have a toast?"

*She smiled and spoke to me···*