Chris has been living in Yokohama for 16 years after he left his hometown, Chicago. He is working as an English teacher at a boys middle school in Tokyo. He loves to play the violin and enjoys playing it at his favorite nearby park on the weekends. He is a member of an orchestra which performs once a month. He will participate in a famous music festival that will held in Tokyo next month, so he practices every day after work in anticipation of the event.