08-03-2010, 03:56 PM
I don't know how or why it started, but my earliest interest in anything Japanese (at maybe 12) was a study of the traditions surrounding the Geisha. That led to more in-depth history and evolved into a study of Shinto by the time I was 14. The food and language began only in the last 20 years.
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