He came to my city and we met and spent one of the best weeks in my life. He became one of my best friends.

It is wonderful to make friends from a completely different part of the World and to see their country through their eyes.

A summer encounter

They have helped me to understand about my own cultural identity – my way of thinking, my way of life. I am a third-generation Nikkei from São Paulo.

I've found so many close and fantastic friendships here that trying to narrow it down to just one was impossible...

When I was young, I was diagnosed with Autism. This made my mother (and eventually me when i got older) extremely sad...