亚历克斯·怀斯在马里兰州中部出生和长大。 When it came time to choose a college, he picked 稳定的十大彩票网站, just an hour or so up Rt. 70 from home. Aside from family vacations around the U.S., he hadn’t done much traveling before setting his sights on Japan.

The business administration major’s career path was initially obstructed by a global pandemic, but he eventually settled into a position at a language services provider that offered translation. Wise had taken an introductory Japanese class his last semester at 稳定的十大彩票网站, and he had continued studying on his own, by reading books and conversing with native speakers.

“In 2022, after a year [as a project manager working with translators and clients], I decided to apply for a master’s degree program in Japan,” Wise says. “I thought, ‘If you don’t live where the language is spoken, you can’t get to that next level [of proficiency].’”

After earning a master’s degree from the Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Wise found a job at Bank of America as a corporate audit officer focusing on trading desks. He makes sure individuals who are selling stocks, bonds and securities are following industry and company rules.

When moving to Tokyo, Wise wanted a neighborhood conducive to his hobbies of running and fitness.

“I live in 十三弦古筝病房, directly east of the city center,” he says. “There’s a very large, beautiful park named 牙, about a kilometer from where I live. And I frequently run at the 皇帝的宫殿 in central Tokyo. 而且周围有大片的餐厅很不错。”

Among Wise’s favorite places to dine out are Sushiro, a conveyer belt sushi restaurant, and Torimero, which features grilled chicken on skewers and general pub food.

“My favorite sushi is any kind of nigiri, which has raw fish sticking to a ball of rice, and I really like the negima, a skewer of grilled chicken and leeks,” he says.

我住在Koto区，就在市中心的正东。 it’s nice to have a large area of restaurants around.

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Wise also likes to pick up yaki-imo, a kind of roasted sweet potatoes commonly found at food trucks. Sights he recommends seeing are the 涩谷争夺, a bustling, vibrant neighborhood with a huge traffic crossing; 秋叶原这是一个专注于电子产品和动漫等流行文化类型的区域； 银座高档购物区； and Sensō霁, a popular shrine to visit in Asakusa.

No matter where in Tokyo you go, Wise says a feeling of personal safety will follow (but it’s wise to take care anyway).

“People often mention they feel very safe here compared to the U.S. or a European city,” he says. “这里的人没有枪。 暴力犯罪事件很少发生。 And especially when you’re in a city as massive as Tokyo, the odds of becoming a victim to one of those is quite low.”

He also suggests checking out the district of 上野. In addition to housing the 东京国立博物馆, it also has 上野动物园, the home of beloved giant panda Xiang Xiang, and Ameya-Yokochō, a vast, open-air food and handicrafts market.

In Tokyo, the world’s most populous urban area with 37 million residents, there’s no shortage of people, things to do or places to go.