This study examined 42 Taiwanese design students' crosscultural learning during internships in Japan's creative industry firm, funded by Taiwan's Ministry of Education under the "Dream-Building Study Abroad" program. Through thematic analysis and expert-rated intensity scoring (0--5 scale), six themes emerged. The highest-rated themes were policy feedback (M = 3.45, SD = 0.17), workplace challenges (M = 3.33, SD = 0.19), and language & culture (M = 3.31, SD = 0.21). The comic students rated policy critique significantly higher than the animation students did (p < .001). The study combined qualitative coding with quantitative comparison to propose improvements in cultural briefings, language training, and post-internship reflection.