I'm really excited to get started with understanding what inspired you to study architecture.

Yeah, I think it's a long story, but maybe...

The highlights are, it really started with my childhood in Japan where, you know, I was in this culture surrounded by manga and anime and drawing really became the first passion.

You know, I find myself drawing a lot of fantasy worlds and landscapes and cities and houses and things like this.

But I was pretty average by Japanese standards.

But when I came to the US when I was eight years old, suddenly everyone was telling me how good I was at drawing.

I became and part of my identity in a way, and I leaned into it even more.

And also, if you could see this being a model for future cities of having these designated streets for different kinds of mobility.