Brett Bowers was sitting on the street waiting to see his father one last time before leaving for Japan.He plans on spending a month in Osaka."I'm not really sure what I'll do after the first month. Maybe I'll look for a position teaching English."Bowers once spent some time in Northern India studying the Tibetan language. While there he a made a connection with a man who had roots in Bloomington."I didn't really have a definite place to stay, so he set up a place for me in Bloomington." Samantha Starr