konichiwa
 

watashi no michael san. I am from the southeast. I currently travel the country for a living. I am interested in meeting people from japan. I think they are a well cultured, respectful intelligent people. I am also attracted to the women. ;) I get online about once or twice a week when i have a chance. I would like to meet anyone that could help me with my Japanese (Nihonjin) study's. Thanks for reading til the end. its very late.:ywave: i will be on for another 3 hours. oyasumi nasai

Konnichiwa maikeru san! welcome to japan forum, im Scott, from NY, this forums filled with all kinds of helpful information and so far, friendly people. Make the most of it:ywave:

こんばんは! なまえは ミッキ です。
Hehe.
Hi! I'm Mikki, 18 years old and I'm from the wonderful*cough* country of Holland. I've been learning Japanese by myself for.. well, not that long, actually. I can read hiragana and katakana characters and I know some words. I'd really like to master the language and go to Japan for some time. Any other things concerning Japanese? Yep. I like watching anime and reading manga(in English, though!) and I enjoy listening to Jpop/Jrock like UVERworld, ORANGE RANGE, L'arc~en~Ciel, P'unk~en~Ciel, SIAM SHADE, etc. Of course I also listen to regular English music. :)
Why I came here? I might learn something here and get in touch with some people.

Hi. and welcome. :)

I have a correction. I think it's Nihongo, not Nihonjin. If I remember correctly, Nihonjin means Japanese person, not the Japanese language.

also, do people who aren't Japanese use honorifics after their own name?
I don't think they're supposed to?
For that matter, do Japanese people even use an honorific after their own name?
Does anyone know? (just wondering, that's all)

I seem to remember that using "-san" after one's own name is thought of as very arrogant and self-glorifying. It's similar to calling yourself "the esteemed so-and-so", and doesn't make you look all that good.

That's the thing I seemed to be remembering. but I wasn't sure.

helloooo
 

Minasan Konnichiwa~ :ywave:

My real name is Melissa but i usually just go by Misa.
i'm a 22 year old female who lives in the u.s.(texas) and has always been interested in almost everything japan related since i was in middle school.
i would very much like to go to japan and maybe live there one day but for now id really like to make some japanese friends(and non-japanese friends as well~) and learn the japanese language. im not very good at it and iv never really taken any japanese lessons mainly due to the fact that all the schools and colleges that i have gone to dont ever offer them. i hope to learn a few more things about japanese culture, living there, and well, anything else about japan :cool:

.:alittle more about me:.
my current obsession: Arashi!!!! and everything related to them:D
last anime watched: code geass
last manga read: welcome to the n.h.k.
last j-drama watched: Hana Yori Dango i love love love j-dramas!
as far as music i'm open to any genre but at the moment i currently listen to alot of j-rock and j-pop and my two all time favorite bands are Plastic Tree and Arashi. of course i have many more favorites but these two i can never get tired of.

i hope to make some friends here!!

see you all around~

Watashi wa Gary desu. Im a 23 year old Bmw technician from Dublin, Ireland. Moving to Tokyo at the end of October, just saving as much money as i can at the moment, very excited :D :D

HOY! Namewa is Richard! my japanese name is Ryo just for fun:vsign:

Born in Thailand! January 23 1987
I <3 Music especially J Rock , Touge, Drifting, Racing cars and motorcycles, and Fashion. I love NATURE! scenery.

you can aim me @ j1n562

YOROSHIKU! (i think thats how you spell it) nice you meet you:ywave:

こんにちは!

My name is Lilly. I started learning japanese and now I'm looking forward to meet people who are as interested in Nihon-go as I am.