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Originally Posted by CarleyGee

I've been in love with Japan ever since I was little, don't know why, there was just something about it that drew me in. : D I've always respected the culture and art of Japan, and pretty much that is what fascinates me the most.

I'm really smart visually, so learning hiragana wasn't hard, and I'm starting on katakana.

I probably like most Japan how it was back in the 1800s and early 1900s (I'd rather live in a time without all this technology) , and to me the language is so much prettier than most Asian languages I've heard.
(Korean is pretty to)

I could go on and on about all that I love, I just know it's always been my dream to go : D

Probably next summer my family will be hosting an exchange student, we're already getting started on the registering and all. That will help me with my language and really see what it's like.

Also, Japan's fashion today is adorable, and kimonos and yukatas are so elegant, I want one : D

Because of money disadvantages right now, It's true I probably won't be able to go, but I'll daydream as much as I want : D

Originally Posted by SSJup81

I don't feel I have a distorted view of the country. My interest in Japan started as young as six years old because of watching the Hiroshima video, "I wish" and being fascinated by the woman dancing with the fans, which I think was Odori style, only because she had on that Kabuki makeup. Don't know why, but I was completely mesmerized by the dance and highly interested in Asian cultures in general after that time.

Anywho, even though I've never been there, I know not to expect the country to be like an anime or manga setting and I know that the country, like any country, has its good points and bad points, I just haven't had the opportunity to see it for myself.

Is it possible to have been led to anime, manga, music....everything by dreams? As young as 4-6, I had dreams. Things my family's pastor dubbed "visions of my future and past." He told my family and I to seek the aide of his friend. As it just so happened, the friend was an elderly man who had spent 20 years in Japan. Till his last days I spoke with him and studied under him. I know like many others that Japan isn't all anime-ish, the Japan of movies...or even the Japan of memories. As much as I wish I could have seen the countryside then; I'm satisfying my hunger by learning the trade of game design with the hopes of working in Japan under the SquareEnix Company.I hope to live out the rest of my life there, and I'm going no matter what anyone says. Hope to see you there!