After almost two years of working in Samoa Japanese Volunteer ‘Patosina’ Tomoko Tanaka’s new life motto has become: ‘expect the unexpected’.

From Tokyo, Japan’s bustling capital and the famous home of neon lights and skyscrapers, Ms. Tanaka has adjusted so well to Matautu Falelatai’s simple way of life that she said: “I don’t want to go back to Japan.”