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

At Tokyoโ€™s inaugural World VFX Day, Hiroka Oizumi shared her experience not just about learning, but about adapting.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ?
๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ?

Her arrival didnโ€™t go as planned.

She missed her flight.

She landed in an unfamiliar city.

And then, something unexpected happened.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ Hiroka๐˜€!

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ '๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ Hiroka' ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†.

๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

๐ŸŽฅ Shot, edited, and produced by our co-founder, Andrew Zeller.