{"id":1308,"date":"2026-02-03T11:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natsuki.holy.jp\/mjsp\/?post_type=alumni_voice&amp;p=1308"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T02:51:17","slug":"juliana-hanna-maria-porkkala","status":"publish","type":"alumni_voice","link":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/student-life\/alumni-voices\/juliana-hanna-maria-porkkala\/","title":{"rendered":"Juliana Hanna Maria Porkkala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember what I felt between being accepted to MJSP and leaving Finland to go to Japan for the first time. I was excited, but I also couldn\u2019t clearly imagine what my life would be like in Sapporo for four years, and I didn\u2019t know what to expect from such a big change in my life. However, now that I look back on the four years I have spent in MJSP, I realize how much I have grown as a person, and how much Japan has let me grow in the right direction. My passion for all aspects of Japan has led to my high interest in Japanese history and religions, and this is thanks to the wide range of classes MJSP has to offer. I have grown to understand my language skills and my capabilities as an aspiring academic, and I have really challenged myself in the program and rewarded myself with new qualities I have found. My years in Japan aren\u2019t over after MJSP \u2013 this is just the beginning \u2013 and coming to Hokkaido University was definitely the right choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember what I felt between being accepted to MJSP and leaving Finland to go to Japan for the first time. I was excited, but I also couldn\u2019t clearly imagine&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1310,"menu_order":2,"template":"","class_list":["post-1308","alumni_voice","type-alumni_voice","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alumni_voice\/1308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alumni_voice"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/alumni_voice"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alumni_voice\/1308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}