American Leza Lowitz was ready to leave Japan when she met her future husband, Shogo Oketani, at a Yokohama jazz club.
She stayed and they dated for a year, but still she felt a nagging desire to go home. So when she told him of her plans to return to California, he said: "If you're unhappy here, you won't be happy with me, so you should go home. If we're meant to be together, we'll find a way."
"I thought it was a beautiful thing to say," she said. That was when she knew he was the right partner for her.