My Year in Yokohama Keira Burger2025-2026 Tanaka & Green Scholar The accumulated sweat on my palms made trudging my oversized luggage through the maze of another mall a formidable task. In the treacherous humidity...
My First of Two Years in Kyoto, Japan! Ally Kulvatunyou2025-2026 Tanaka & Green Scholar I have to admit; I thought that studying international relations for two years in Kyoto would be a breeze. For...
Finding My Place in Japan Ruby Thompson2024-2025 Tanaka & Green Scholar When I reflect on the past two years I spent in Japan, I feel truly lucky to have experienced it in such a...
Emma Cohen2024-2025 Tanaka & Green Scholar When I first landed in Japan, I had no idea what to expect. What would my life look like for the next 2 years? I didn’t have much...
お疲れ様です, またね- Finding Balance: How My Experience in Japan Reshaped My Understanding of Conflict, Community, and the Future Samuel Y. Kye2025-2026 Tanaka & Green Scholar As a Korean-American student focused on conflict analysis and...
Stephanie Lim2025-2026 Tanaka & Green Scholar “Hitotsubashi…?” I thought to myself, reading over the familiar kanji: 一橋. “One bridge.” What could that mean? Was there a famous bridge on the campus? Why choose this...
Jourden Jones2024-2025 Tanaka & Green Scholar When I first arrived in Japan, like many others, I felt a whirlwind of various emotions about my first time abroad. Excitement, happiness, fear, even a bit of...
Confusion and Contextualization in Osaka Sydney Chen2024-2025 Tanaka & Green Scholar “Phlbbdegashhmm no de, go chuui kudasai.” the McDonald’s worker cautioned. She scooted the tray of food into my hands, gestured methodically toward my...
Alanis Stapelfeldt2024-2025 Tanaka & Green Scholar Having never traveled alone internationally before, deciding to arrive a few days early in Sapporo before the start of my program was a significant decision. Despite this, drawn...
Sergianni Jennings2024-2025 Tanaka & Green Scholar My year studying abroad in Japan can best be described as life changing. During my time in Kyoto I had the opportunity to not only immerse myself in...
