North America

INTERVIEWS

Japan is the place I was meant to be.

2007-09-27

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Evelyn Martinez (Mexico) Spanish/English instructor (Kumamoto) Evelyn Martinez is from Mexico. She’s been in the United States for several years and met a person she loves. She got married him and came to Japan one year ago. She is living in Kumamoto, Kyushu Region (Southern Japan) so It’s not an interview with a Tokyo resident. But she tells us the differences between Japan, Mexico and the US. How does she feel about her life in Japan? *Interview in Shibuya *Edited by Daniel Penso 校正協力：ダニエル・ペンソ   Tokyo is too big for me. I was

INTERVIEWS

Japanese are said to be healthy in everything. But actually a lot of people are still smoking.

2007-05-14

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Larry Yamamoto (Canada) Translator/Proofreader/English conversation instructor (He’s been in Japan since ’89) Look at the picture above. Nice smile! Larry Yamamoto is a happy and funny guy from Toronto, Canada. Japan is his roots and he has been exploring his ethnical background in Japan since he came here. However, he doesn’t seem to be too much serious, just enjoying his daily life with smiling and joking. *Interview in Tama Plaza, Yokohama   Japan has been my roots. I came to Japan on the JET programme (Japan Exchange and Teaching programme). I

INTERVIEWS

If you read the newspaper, you’d get the feeling that foreign people commit all of the crime.

2007-02-17

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Raymond Crosiar (USA) High school teacher (He’s been in Japan since January 2002) We met a calm, but very energetic American guy. Raymond Crosiar came from a small village in the state of Oregon. It was a journey from a village to the megalopolis. How did he feel about that? How does he enjoy his daily life in Tokyo? *Interview in Yokohama   From a small village to the metropolis I came from a very small town in Oregon. Its population is 2,500. I flew to Japan, I got on

INTERVIEWS

It seems that Japanese people are proud to be Japanese.

2007-01-27

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Jeffrey Hirsch (USA) Police Department Officer of the railway company We usually meet and talk with people who live in the Tokyo area. But Mr. Jeffry Hirsch lives in Los Angeles, US, not in Tokyo, nor even in Japan. Why is he in Japan? …You will see. *Interview in Yokohama   A Spartan training This is my fourth trip to Japan. On the first trip, I got a little bit confused because I had to get a bus from the Narita Airport to Yokohama Station by myself. So I was a