Todd: Okay, so we're here. Do you want to go ahead and introduce yourself to the listener?

Roe: Okay, my name is Hiroe Hashi. I've lived in America for about seven and a half years. I lived in Italy for two years.

Todd: Wow! You lived in Italy too.

Roe: Right. So all together I've lived in foreign countries for nine and a half years.

Todd: Wow! That's amazing. So did you live in America before you lived in Italy?

Roe: I was in Italy when I was 9 years old. No, actually, 7 years old to 9 years old.

Todd: Did you learn Italian?

Roe: A little bit. Basically slangs.

Todd: Wow! So then how old were you when you moved to America?

Roe: Yeah, I was 17. I was on an exchange program. I went to Idaho.

Todd: Wow! What did you think when you first got to America?

Roe: Okay. I bought new clothing because my image was like L.A., New York but it was Idaho. But I didn't know what to expect, and I got off from the airplane and I said to myself, "Oh, my God!". There was nothing there.

Todd: Yeah, so was it flat?

Roe: It was flat. I remember the sun going down because there was nothing, really nothing. A flat space 360 degrees, an airport, cowboys.

Todd: Cowboys!

Roe: Potatoes, real Cowboys, spuds.

Todd: So Idaho is cowboys and potatoes?

Roe: Exactly. That's all about.

Todd: Do you still like potatoes?

Roe: I stopped eating spuds since I came back because I ate it everyday. You go to 31 Ice-cream shop and there they have spuds ice-cream.

Todd: Wow! So spud means potato.

Roe: Yeah, spud. It's like Idaho English.

Todd: Wow! And how about cowboys, did you become a real cowboy?

Roe: I started to grow my hair, because if you had short hair people used to call you like a new-waver, like faggots. It was kind of a little disaster for somebody different to live.

Todd: Yeah, for sure, that would be really harsh. So tell me about your family.

Roe: My family! I have two brothers and a sister, and my father passed away three years ago, and my mom is working.

Todd: Okay, do you miss Idaho?

Roe: Friends. I've made some best friends in Idaho actually.

Todd: Really?

Roe: Yeah. Actually, I've lived in L.A., Washington State but Idaho.

Todd: When is the last time you were in Idaho?

Roe: That's when I finished my program, so a long time ago. 10, 12, 13 years ago.

Todd: Wow, that is a long time. Okay, and where do you live now?

Roe: I live in Yokohama.

Todd: Yokohama. Nice!]]>