Being exposed to so many exciting cross-cultural programs, reading the stories of other former JETs, hearing the Japan journeys of our podcast interviewees – all of it inspired me to explore my own connection with Japan in a much bigger way.

I commuted about an hour by train from Tottori City to an even smaller town. . .

As a high schooler, I was very fortunate to attend a school where 1/4 of the students were studying abroad primarily from Asian countries. Of the 100 international students, about 15 were from Japan. . .