Mukogawa US Campus (formerly known as MFWI) is a branch campus of Mukogawa Women's University (MWU) located in Nishinomiya, Japan. Mukogawa serves as MWU's personal study abroad campus for their English and Education majors during the Spring and Fall and for other majors during the Summer.

I was a resident assistant there for 2 years. My main task at the beginning of my student's stay, was to show them around Spokane, how to use Spokane Transit, and plan outings with them. During my first session I was flooded with tons of questions about bus stops, bus routes, where Walmart was, and just general confusion about how to navigate Spokane. Students also often asked about my favorite restaurants or stores to shop at. The students received bus route maps and times from Spokane Transit as well as a map of Spokane, but these did not fit the unique needs of the students. So, I decided to design a guide to handout to my students to assist when I gave my Northtown and Downtown orientation as well as the rest of their time in Spokane.

The reason these guides and maps are so important is because most students do not pay for a phone plan, while in the US, and carry around these guides in their purse or backpack every time they go out. My main goals for the project were to create a simple map of Spokane that focused on the places that were relevant to the students, make it easy enough to understand for students who struggle with English, and to make outing easier for them.