Welcome party for Zeeshan at the sports park

Because of COVID we had never done an outdoor welcome party. I decided a bit late, so we held it in blazing sun and burned through hit points. For students from abroad, this humidity, winter snow, Japan’s particular disasters, Japanese language and culture — almost everything is new and can be frightening. But a life of never coming to BRI despite an interest in brain disease is far more frightening than that challenging life. Welcome to our laboratory!

Photos: top left, a group photo (the event itself is optional, and probably always will be); right, lunch centered on fruit because food cultures differ, with other food brought by each person; bottom left, I played football with younger people and could no longer move.