By Risako Beddie ‘23, JFOU Fellow

This is Risa, reporting on my second year as a Shansi Fellow at J.F. Oberlin University in Machida, Japan. This year has been full of highs, especially in terms of my music, travels, and teaching. Please enjoy a glimpse of my world through photos.

By Risako Beddie ‘23, JFOU Fellow

Home, at Last:

There I was, one overweight suitcase in each hand, stumbling into the Haneda Airport lobby on a hot July afternoon to find my mother, curiously sporting a stylish bucket hat, waiting patiently by a sign that read, Narita EXpress →. I was scheduled to fly a day earlier, but managed to miss my 8am flight out of Cleveland the first time due to a combination of my own stupidity and a hair dye emergency.