YOU SAID:

I was so close to going to Japan last year, shame

INTO JAPANESE

去年日本に行くのがとても近かったのは恥ずかしい

BACK INTO ENGLISH

It is embarrassing that I was very close to going to Japan last year.

INTO JAPANESE

去年日本に行くのがとても近かったのは恥ずかしいことだ。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

It is embarrassing that I was very close to going to Japan last year.