Adam F Japan, China, North Asia & Middle East Specialist
The first time I ventured to Japan was in 2012 as a university student, when I studied Japanese sub-culture and intercultural communication in Osaka’s Kansai Gaidai. It wasn’t long before I began to make weekly excursions into Kyoto, Nara and Osaka.
I soon learned that beyond every corner lay the prospect of discovering new traditions, festivals, and hidden gems from all-you-can-eat dessert cafés to local fire festivals. Perhaps due to that fire festival, a spark was ignited within me than soon blossomed into the yearning to explore that keeps me going back and beyond. Three years later, I joined the JET scheme and began to teach English in quaint and quiet Totto...
