Hiroshi Nohara's Mexico City Airport Run Has Ended

Hiroshi Nohara -- the Japanese tourist who made media waves by spending three months in an airport -- has called the dogs off and returned home, MSNBC reports. That's right. The man who gripped the hearts of millions thousands hundreds many with his lengthy stay in a Mexico City airport will no longer be the focus of our daily lives.

Airport spokesman Victor Mejia says Hiroshi Nohara left Monday on a flight for Japan via San Francisco.

Nohara arrived in Mexico City on Sept. 2 and spent the next three months at a food court in Terminal 1 of Benito Juarez International Airport.

His residency there made him a local celebrity and Mexican news programs ran regular updates on his life.

Nohara left the airport on Dec. 31 to stay with a woman who invited him to her Mexico City apartment. But Reforma newspaper reported that Nohara returned to the airport on Sunday carrying three plastic bags with his clothes and blankets.

Isn't it absolutely awesome (both in the "cool" and "terrifying" sense) that we live in a day and age where you can become a celebrity by living in a Mexican airport for three months?

I mean, back in the day you had to act like Pauley Shore or Andy Dick and engage in publicly showcased stupidity. Now? Just sleep in another country's airport for a few months. Fantastic.