Name: Yumi Ikeno
Age: 21
Major: International Relationship
Home city/country: Toyota, Japan
How long are you here for? 1 year
What differences have you noticed between Japan and the U.S.? Some of the differences I have noticed is that food is very different you rarely see rice, or sashimi. Also when you enter the houses in America people don’t take off their shoes, in Japan people always take off their shoes.
What places have you visited? I have been to California, Nevada, Arizona and Texas.
What are some places you’d like to visit? I would like to go to Chicago, Mexico and South America.
K-pop or J-pop? J-pop
Did you have any stereotypes about the U.S. before coming? Before coming to the U.S. I thought that everything was crazy, like foe example that everyone drank every day, party every day. Another stereotype I had was that everyone in America likes to eat burgers.