I gathered my courage and asked at the meeting with the client.

I received an invitation to speak at an end-of-life planning seminar next year, so I had a meeting with the client to discuss the details, and since it's in my local Kansai area, even though it was our first time meeting, I gathered my courage and asked.

I gathered my courage and asked.

"Did you go to the Expo?"

"I did!"

From there, the floodgates opened and we had a lively conversation about the Expo; ah, I'm so glad I gathered my courage and asked.

Even with an Expo that was so exciting, its appeal doesn't reach those who didn't go at all, and even among those who did go, not everyone has positive impressions, so even now, there is a slight feeling of it being like a "closet Trump supporter" situation. I think that needing to take a deep breath and steel myself before coming out as someone who was hooked on the Expo might be a lingering effect of the deeply rooted negative campaign.

However, it's incredibly easy to get along with people who share an appreciation for the Expo, so perhaps this is also a major legacy of the Expo.