Name: GTJ
Gender: Male
Coming to you from: Osaka, Japan
First Breath: December 1st
Intentions and whatnot: Trying to get more socially involved. I'd like to meet some friends in Osaka and the rest of Japan! I also like discussing Japanese topics such as modern societal issues, language, culture, and so on. If anybody wants to chat, feel free to PM me!
Hobbies/Interests: Art, Martial Arts, Cooking, Music, Language, Teaching, Guitar, Exercising, etc.
Whyare you in Japan: I studied abroad here for a year not so long ago, and really fell in love with the place. I've never been a "Japanophile", though I did like anime back in high school, I enjoy reading manga from time to time (it's great practice!), and I do love playing video games when I have time. When I came to Japan, however, very little of this mattered. I didn't watch anime, I only read one manga series in weekly Jump, and I played a few DS games, but little more than that. It was really all about living in the culture and society, improving at the language, and integrating into a fascinating and truly beautiful society. This country has so much history, and so much to offer.
But besides that, I've been a graphic/digital designer for about 6 years now, and my goal is to be doing that in Osaka by this time next year. Currently I'm a teacher of Engrish, but hey, that's how nearly everybody gets in. I do enjoy teaching quite a bit. I think it's a crying shame that every person in this country has at least 10 years of English language education under their belt and not a one of them can speak it (I blame the Ministry of Education but I won't get on that soap box right now), and I resolved to set out to do something about it, if even on a small scale.
I think that should about do it
