A new country. A new culture. A new way of life.

At Tokyo’s inaugural World VFX Day, Hiroka Oizumi shared her experience not just about learning, but about adapting.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗿?
𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸?

Her arrival didn’t go as planned.

She missed her flight.

She landed in an unfamiliar city.

And then, something unexpected happened.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝘄𝗼 Hiroka𝘀!

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 '𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 Hiroka' 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆.

𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴.

🎥 Shot, edited, and produced by our co-founder, Andrew Zeller.