[Hikikomori]

Uhm, why do I want to visit Japan.. there are many reasons actually.

It all started out for over one year ago(when I was 16, now I'm soon 18). I had this boyfriend that watched anime, and after a while I started to watch anime too and I love anime, it's really awesome how cool it is considering it being a cartoon and all. So then I became this nerd just wanting to Japan to buy all this anime stuff, visiting Akihabara an such. So after watching a lot of anime I also watched "normal" animes, showing me old japanese culture and modern culture in Japan today. And it gave me this feeling of wanting to be there, cause it's nothing like how things are in Norway. Because of that feeling I started watching old and new japanese movies, and learning japenese on my own.

I have never dreamed of visiting Japan as a tourist, I want to experience Japan from the inside, be a part of the culture, live with a japanese family or studying there. If I get the choice "visit japan for 2 weeks or never visit japan" I think I would choose to never visit Japan.

And don't get me wrong, I don't like Japan just because of the anime, anime just started it. I have been reading and watching pictures and read about japanese food, fashion, sports bla bla bla...so I feel like I know what I'm going to( ok, no one does, but at least a little )..I have already figured out how to do things, and where to live when I'm going to study in Japan, and thats 3 years in the future ; p

And one extra plus for Japan : good looking boys and a beautiful language.

But I'm not into starting an own dojo or something like that. I'm going to finish college in Norway, then work as an Au pair for a family in Japan for one year. Then my teacher education begins. So I'm going to study at a university in Norway for 1 year, and if i still love Japan after my last visit, I'm going to try to get in to a japanese university the second year. And the last three years of my education I'm going to complete in Norway, after that I don't know what to do or where to live. I think that if I still love Japan after my two visits, and still want to go there, maybe I'll work as a teacher for some years in Japan. I dunno.. I'm 17 and have plans for 7-8 years in the future, and I almost can't wait until I have achieved all those goals if everything goes on as planned. If I can't move to Japan next year, I'll probably bury my self in the bed crying for a week, and then don't do anything for the next year : p I want to visit Japan sooooo much.


Hah, if you have read all the way down here...YAY!