American ALT Who Grew Up Fleeing Kudzu Apocalypse Now Assigned To Kyoto School Whose God, Mascot, And Lunch Menu Are All Kudzu
Cody Whittaker, 24, fled Georgia to escape the vine that haunted his childhood. He is now ALT at Kudzu Elementary School, Kyoto, where the patron deity is a kudzu kami and the children call themselves Kudzu-ko.