For many being 7,166 miles from home can be a scary experience but foreign exchange student Kaiser Namizato is making the best of it. 

“My time here is good, I like the people and the schools,” Namizato said.

Namizato comes from Urasoe, a town in Okinawa Japan,  where culture in and out the schools are much different.

“The school I went to is totally different,” Namizato said.

The way we do things in and out of class is also different from schools in Japan.

“We can go outside during class and no one speaks up to teachers,” Namizato said.

Our dress code is also different here. We can wear pretty much whatever but the story is different from where Namizato lives. 

“We have to wear uniforms,” Namizato said.

 The way the class system and school layout is also different.

“We don’t have vending machines or things like the bay, the teachers move instead of students, and you can’t choose the classes you want,” Namizato said. 

Namizato also dislikes things about the schools here.

“One thing I like is that I’m able to eat snacks during class. One thing I dislike is time between classes. In Japan we get 10 minutes between classes,” Namizato said.

Namizato loves his time here but he wants to do something after.

“I want to become the governor of Okinawa,” Namizato said.