I have a desperate desire to travel to Japan ASAP. But like most people with a shitty job, bills, rent, and a baby to feed, I just don’t have the spare capital. So I’m doing something a little unorthodox to make it happen…
Why Japan?
The name of this blog, Toomanymind, is a reference to one of my favourite scenes in my favourite movie, The Last Samurai – a movie that was a huge influence on my fascination with Japanese culture. There’s another scene that really resonates with how I perceive Japan in all its uniqueness. Tom Cruise’s character says:
“I have never been a church-going man, and what I’ve seen on the field of battle has led me to question God’s purpose. But there is indeed something spiritual in this place. And though it may forever be obscure to me, I cannot but be aware of its power.”
Love this scene! (Love this movie.) Minus the experiences on the battlefield, I really couldn’t have said it better myself. When I was there in 2017, fulfilling a childhood dream, I felt that power profoundly. Even though I didn’t have as good a trip as I could have – I was 20 years old and didn’t yet have a handle on my crippling anxiety. Also, I was in the midst of my vegan phase, dealing with all the health problems that caused me, and just trying to find a vegan meal in Japan was bloody tough.
By the time I got home after my three-week stint – which included a LOT of walking (and a few hikes: Takao, Mt Fuji) and not a lot of hearty meals – I was the lightest I’ve ever been in my adult life: 71 kg (I’m 6’2″).
I know my next trip will be amazing, not least because I’m no longer vegan or ruled by my anxiety. But also because I get to take my girlfriend, who has never been and is super keen, and our baby boy. I literally think about going every day.
The Problem: Funding the Dream
The trouble is, I make fuck-all income from my shitty part-time retail job. Compound that with the expenses of existing and raising a family, and the fact that I’ve made a comedy of errors with my investments in recent years, we don’t appear to be in a position to go any time soon.
And yet we’ve been saying for some time that we’d go in March next year to celebrate our son’s first birthday there in style – which is maybe one part delusional hopium, and the other half attempted manifestation.
Enter San Chan & Kantaro
My plan all comes down to San Chan & Kantaro, who just so happen to be Japanese. If you’re not familiar with them, let me tell you: Kantaro is a happy-go-lucky fellow who is traversing the entirety of Japan on foot, and San Chan is his dog (a Shiba Inu, to be precise) who is joining him. If you’re chronically online (like most), you’ve probably encountered him; he has about 2 million followers on Instagram.
But how is he going to get me to Japan? Well, he is affiliated with a crypto coin called $San Chan, and it’s going to the moon. When it does, I will be able to do a lot more than just go to Japan – but that’ll be the first thing I do.
My Crazy Plan to Get to Japan and Why It Just Might Work
I like investing in memecoins because they’re simple: you don’t need to be a technical analyst. You don’t need to do a lot of background research. You just need to assess the prospects of future virality. And in the case of $San, my thesis is simple:
- Cute Shiba Inu (crypto loves Shibas: look at Doge, Shib, Floki, Wif, Babydoge, etc.)
- Endorsed by Kantaro, San’s daddy. He didn’t create the coin but was offered 3% of the total supply by the team — which doesn’t sound like a lot, but it is.
For example:
- At the current market cap, it would be worth $270,000.
- If (or when, in my opinion) the coin were to reach a $1 billion market cap, he would have $30,000,000.
But it doesn’t matter because he opted out of receiving any coins! Not because he didn’t want to be involved, but because he is an immaterial guy with a big heart who has given his supply to charity instead. So, 50,000 $SAN coins are donated weekly at his behest to a different animal organisation. Thus, the bigger $SAN grows, the more money they can donate. This will happen weekly for 10 years!
So you’ve got an extremely likeable pair, one of whom is a cute Shiba Inu (a breed with a history of virality in crypto), and it’s a legitimate charity token — the first of its kind — that has the power to do a lot of good and empower investors to feel good about themselves for being involved. The virality is already apparent by Kantaro’s 2 million Instagram followers.
The Catch
The only catch (and there’s always one, isn’t there? Especially in crypto…) is that we’re unlikely to see any of those crazy parabolic swings that crypto is famous for at the moment until the return of the mythical “Altseason.” But will we see an Altseason at all this time around? The majority seem to think ‘No,’ which I would say is a good reason to think we will after all. But we’ll dive deeper into that, $SAN, and the only other coin I’m holding with size and conviction in future posts.
For now, do yourself a favour and check out $San. At the very least, follow Kantaro on Instagram — it’s definitely a daily shot of joy. Imagine having the freedom to just walk around beautiful Japan with a cute little Shiba… What a life!
Anyway, see you in Tokyo at a Capybara Cafe.
Cheers,
Remy
Toomanymind 