Willie J. Inman Jr. is an ambitious American who wanted to see more than just the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia where he grew up. After studying abroad for one year in Kyoto, Japan and earning a degree from Georgia State University in Journalism, he’s back for more in the land of the rising sun. Changing the lives of elementary school children in Shiga, Japan one day at a time as teacher on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET).