The Town of Dual Dragons

And the legends they created.

The moment our plane left Narita airport after a two-week high school trip in 2005, I knew exactly what I was going to do with my life. I dedicated the next 5 years to bumping up my Japanese skills, and getting to Japan.

After a 6-month study abroad in 2008, I was accepted on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program to live here in 2010. The Japane…