I was born in Ishikawa Japan and lived in Tokyo for 11 years thus I consider both to be my hometowns. I met my husband in Tokyo and worked for an international company in Japan and the US. While staying in the US I had the chance to study English at the University of California San Diego. I was so impressed about how the US culture embraces openness, freedom and pursuit of the American dream. I was also mesmerized by Hawaii which I visited on a f...