I see... That sounds pretty nice in some ways, but... maybe a bit lonely in others?

[It seems like one could feel pretty "trapped" in a country like that - but then, that would still depend on circumstances more than geographical location, probably.]

It's true that Yokohama in particular was wonderful that way... It really felt like it was connected to the whole world through the ocean.

[Much more so than the area of his orphanage - but Yokohama was more of a home than the orphanage had ever been, so Atsushi will claim it for his own. "His city", Dazai had called it... Maybe Atsushi never really believed that, but just entertaining the thought had been enough to warm his heart.]