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...

Adam Gruner2023-2024 Tanaka & Green Scholar Studying in Japan for a year was a life-changing experience both personally and academically. This experience marked the first time I have lived away from my parents, and...

Joseph Lind2023-2024 Tanaka & Green Scholar While completing the extensive amount of paperwork required by the Japanese bureaucracy prior to embarking on my studies at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, I was thrilled to finally...

Connor Iorio2023-2024 Tanaka & Green Scholar I’m sitting in the heated waiting room on a train platform in Aomori city. Across from me an older woman types away at her phone, glancing up at...