Full name: Karen Carmeli Age: 40 Nationality: Israeli Grew up in: Tel Aviv Time in Japan: three years Japanese level: intermediate Works at: My clinic in Higashi Nakano as a practitioner of the Grinberg Method. Why did you come to Japan? First, I came to Japan 14 years ago. It was two years after finishing [...]
KRISTIN ORMISTON, PHOTOGRAPHY BY BENNETT GALLOWAY (top) AND ALFIE GOODRICH (bottom) Full name: Ylva Kristin Ormiston Age: 42 Nationality: Canadian Grew up in: Victoria, British Columbia Time in Japan: four months Japanese level: Sagoi! (very low!) Works at: Little Star English School, Gotemba, Shizuoka Why did you come to Japan? One of my best friends [...]
Makeup: Elena Okada, Photography: Kerry Raftis of Keyshots.com Full name: Monique Dehaney Age: 27 Nationality: Jamaican Grew up in: Jamaica Time in Japan: five and a half years Japanese level: advanced intermediate Works at: self-employed professional vocalist Why did you come to Japan? I came to Japan because my professor at the time sold me [...]
Do you know a fabulous foreign woman in Japan? Maybe someone who has just arrived and is making the very best of it, or someone who has been here for years and does great things in the community? She could be a business owner, teacher, mother, adventurer, a combination of all of the above, or [...]
PHOTOGRAPHY: KERRY RAFTIS, KEYSHOTS.COM; MAKEUP: ELENA OKADA Full name: Lauren Shannon Age: Forty four on August 25 Nationality: American Grew up in: All around… Time in Japan: Thirteen years. Japanese level: Intermediate for speaking, horrible at reading and writing. Works at: I own my own company, Kimono Wine Bar and Grill. I love what I [...]
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KERRY RAFTIS, KEYSHOTS.COM Full name: Patricia Cardenas Nationality: Colombian Grew up in: Bogota Time in Japan: four years Japanese level: Begginer Works at: Embassy of Colombia in Japan Why did you come to Japan? I came to Japan to represent my country as Ambassador. It has been an opportunity to appreciate and [...]
Full name: Simona Gardus Age: 42 Nationality: Romanian Grew up in: Romania, Sicily Time in Japan: 13 years Japanese level: JLPT 2 Works at: Allied Pickfords Japan Why did you come to Japan? I came to Japan in 1997on a two-year Monbusho scholarship in comparative literature. At that time Monbusho scholarships were a fairly new [...]
Full name: Shelley Sweeney Age: 45 Nationality: Canadian Grew up in: British Columbia, Canada Time in Japan: 24 years Japanese level: moderate Works as: Freelance actress/model/narrator/PR Tokyo Car Club Why did you come to Japan? I was scouted by Satoru-san, the president and owner of Satoru Japan Models. I came to Japan the first time [...]
Full name: Monique Keller De Guchi Nationality: French Grew up in: Tokyo Time in Japan: more than 30 years, off and on Japanese level: good but not good enough Works at: director and owner of Summerhill International School Why did you come to Japan? My father was an expat working for Sony so I was [...]
Full name: Kit Pancoast Nagamura Nationality: US resident of Japan Grew up in: Coconut Grove/Nova Scotia Time in Japan: 20 years Japanese level: Me talk pretty, read pretty, and maybe write pretty someday. Works at: Editor at Kodansha, columnist for The Japan Times, regular contributor to four other publications, and author of five books, including [...]
