Elloz! Oooh, a cosplayer! The board is nice, but it's filled with adults who are sometimes very serious and boring :p Fourtanetly they can be fun, and when they are serious, it's USUALLY for a good cause . . . Have fun here!

Hey everyone, I'm new here. Glad to join and discuss Japan! :)

It's always great ot see new people here! Have fun!

Hello there ... well, my introduction ... (Sorry for my bad english - I actually prefer reading english-written books, but reading and speaking is kind of different) ... but I´ll try my best, so here we go:
My name´s Katja and I´m 29 years old, living in Germany near Cologne. In the last month I´ve become very interested in the japanese language and culture. By the way, I´m also a big fan of animes, especially movies by Miyazaki Hayao. I´m really looking forward to make a trip to Japan to see those impressive landscapes just for example.
Hope, I will be able to travel soon. But for now, I´m really willing to learn as much as I can by myself.
For exchange of interests and experiences I´d been yet looking for other (german) Japan-Forums before. But I have to say, that there people were very sniffy. So I stopped asking my questions, because of getting unkindly answers.
But here people seem to have fun, so I hope we´re having a good time :vsign:

Best wishes from Germany!

Uh yeah, here´s a picture - I was celebrating Karneval then... :o))

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Oh this sucks. The downloading didn´t work. What a pity :o

Hey, Guys

I am excited to be a member of the Japan Forum community. I'll see you guys in the other threads.

Hi. :ywave:

I don't really know what else to say. I'll you around, I guess. :mtongue:

Umm... I'm a little skittish.....

I'm going to introduce myself here. Seems appropriate enough.

My name is Hikari Ame which means Sweet Light, but please just call me Kari-Kari-Chan. I'm in the USA in a state that is pretty much overrun by nowhere-ness and the only Asians around here are Chinese. They're cool but I don't speak Chinese. :/

Hi both of oyu! Have fun here!! Hope to get to know you more!!

OK . . .XD Hello Billy! Nice to meet you! I'm sure you'll find a nice cute girl in Japan one day, and getting use to Japan culture and language really helps!

Name: Shuru
Coming to you from: Pennsylvania, until tomorrow. :P
First Breath: 11/13/1990
Intentions and Whatnot: Just to hang around, get to know people, spread the love.
Why do you want to go to Japan: My boyfriend is a professional photographer, and I think the imagery and picture opportunities there would be gorgeous.


Hi there! :)

Yay you! Hello! You're signature iss a good ponder! Welcome! Hope you like it here!

Name: West
Coming to you from: USA
Background: Single, not looking, caucasian, 19 years old, multi-instrumentist and geek.
Intentions: Learn Japanese, make friends, immerse myself in the culture, environment, and language to become proficient in Japanese.
Why do you want to go to japan: Since I was a young child I've always had a fascination with Japan. It started with the name, I would say "Ja-Pan", "Pan-Ja", and other deviations. I don't know why it piqued, in the sense of excite, my interest. Over the years, I have gone in and out of my determination of learning the language and moving to Japan. Now I am faced with 4 years of being on a carrier with hardly any access to the internet to pass the times. So, I feel this is a good time to start learning, make pen pals, and ready all materials I can for learning while abroad. I have not found anything I dislike about Japan and it's culture, yet.

Name: Ariel

Coming to you from: Ga, USA

First Breath: Jan. 14, 1992 =D

Why do you want to go to Japan: I've always wanted to travel the world, and I really love the Japanese culture. Since I was a little girl it has always intrigued me. I hope to visit there in the near future ^^

Hey guys, great forum. I'm coming to you from England, having a healthy interest in Japan and hope to express what it is I love about the things in my country / life, while learning about yours. In a nutshell, I like CULTURE and FUN.

As such, I'll be spending the majority of my time around the various 'post your pic' threads, particularly 'pics of your life'. I love having an insight to the perspective behind things of interest to people in their everyday lives. This thread has a lot of scope for my own pictures as I love to show people what I'm passionate about.

I studied Japanese part time for a couple of years and have since picked up on the language further through watching anime. I love Berserk, Rurouni Kenshin, Naruto & more, all subbed, not dubbed. Naturally, I like Japanese history aswell.

I'll leave it there and look forward to seeing you on the forums.

~duel

I'm the one with blonde hair

Hi~ I'm sorta new I guess? When trying to create a new account I found out I already had one, from 2008 :p

So, my name is Gise, but since people have a hard time pronouncing it I'm usually called Giz. I'm 19 years young and I live in the Netherlands. Currently I'm a student in Japanese language and culture and I'm really enjoying it. I should be studying for exams now but.. Yeah...

I'm a fan of Visual Kei, but I'm not a Visual girl. I love the style to look at though and performances of Vkei bands are usually awesome and I usually check out any vkei band that visits my country (and I will cross borders if I like a band enough).
I'm a huge MIYAVI fan and I'm pretty active in the fandom. The Vkei bands i'm currently into are MUCC, KARASU (too bad it's probably not gonna happen...), Dir en Grey, Anli Pollicino, UnsraW, hide, Black:list, Exist trace, Suicide Ali, D'espairs Ray, Due le Quartz, GACKT (is he even concidered Vkei anymore?), heidi and Matenrou Opera.
I'm not that into Oshare Kei, I like the look but it has a very profound musical sound which I don't really love. There's some bands I like though, I think An cafe is (was?) okay and I also like ZORO and DOG in the PWO.
Musically I have a very wide taste. Ranging from heavy metal to pop to techno. I'm not a very big fan of R&B though, but hip hop is okay. Lately I've also started to listen to a few kpop bands under the influence of my friends... I like SHINee and Super Junior.

Enough with the music talk. I'm also starting to get more and more interested in fashion. I mainly love Gyaru to look at, but I don't dress like it. Maybe in the future when I find some money to buy me a new wardrobe :p I have a friend who's a Gyaruo and he's really good at talking people into it~

Of course, I'm in love with the Japanese culture. You don't pick a study based on musical interest only :p


Lol, that got way too long, guess you can see that I gotta study huh?

初めまして（I guess the kanji is this one...)
 

Name: 姫子(you can also call me jenny:vsign: )
Egg crack: 7 october 1996;)
Country: Singapore:cool:
likes: Ice cream, J-pop, Japan, Hey say Jump, Friends, Japanese, Manga,Computer, Singing, and many many more:p
dislikes: eh~:confused:
reason for learning japanese: I love japan:rheart:

Name: Arvil
A.K.A: Angel
In the matrix for:17 years
Spawned on:Philippines
Interests: Philosophizing
Why I wanna go to Japan?: People are more bold than people here and Japan let's their citizen live to the fullest and experience life.

Welcome!!

The US does as well, you just gotta get off your butt and get out there, same with Japan I bet. There is no difference. This isn't a country issue, it's a personal boldness deal, really.

Enjoy the forums now ^_^

(Did that sound rude?)

Name: João
nickname: jonny10
age: 20 years old
from: Portugal
Interests: Understand the Universe.

I'm not going to Japan, but I would like to talk with japanese (oriental) people, to learn culture etc. I like the oriental culture. I would like to "see" how it is the personality of oriental people...etc.

It is possible that?:D



Sorry my bad/limited english.

Well this seems an appropriate place as any. Was never really good with introductions sometimes hard to decide where to begin or how to go about introducing myself....I guess I'll go with the basics.

Name: I'll keep that confidential for now so just call me Zandelin for now.
Age: 20
From: Originally Russia currently living in USA
Description of self: Easy to get along with. Love anime and the Japanese style and culture looking foreward to learning more about it and actually visiting the country for once perhaps try my best to learn the language if I can having Japanse as a 3rd language would come in handy if I plan to visit the country. Hopefully I can make some friends here that live in Japan in case if I visit the place I can call someone up and not know where to go or where to start if I take a trip to a place like Tokyo or some other part of Japan like Shibuya or some other location hopefully my spelling isnt too bad. Well if anyone has any further questions feel free to ask.

Me:- Sonia Tshering
First saw the light on: Sept 30th of 1990
I am a Buddhist from North India, My anscestors are of Mongolian race:
I am in my final yr of the Bachelor Degrees in Economis Honrs and Journalism.
The reason I have joined Japan Forum is due to my keen interest in Japanese culture that includes, the lifestyle, culture, fashion, and specially food. I have couple of books on Japan. I am a regular viewer of Naruto, DragonBall Z and manga series. If ever came to Japan, I would definately wish to see Harajuku Street. To conclude Japan is my favourite country in the world and I really wish to have atleast one Japances pen frend just lke the movies you know.
I know it sound so dumd:confused: heheh But thats ok................
Thanx for your time::) :vsign:

hiyeeeee
 

so i havent been on this thing in a while since i signed up for it, and i dont remember if i introduced myself at all, but if i didnt i am now!

hehe...

my name is kelly, and i live in california! anyone else from la here?

I lived in Long Beach CA for about 7 years then I moved from that area up to Cour d' Alene.

I haven't introduced myself yet =O,

Name: Vincent
Coming from: The Netherlands =_=
First breath: 3 nov 1995
Intentions: I want to learn a bit more about Japan, learn the language etc.
Why I want to go to Japan: I definitely want to go to Japan one day. If possible, I want to go to a university there. I'm very interested in the culture, language and the people. :D

はじめまして!

Konnichiwa minnasan! Hello Everyone!

Name: Joshua
Country: Malaysia
Date of Birth: 19 Sep 1987
Bio: Interested in Japanese culture and language. Just passed my JLPT 3 last December, yeah! Haha. Am planning to take JLPT 2. I'm a final year engineering student. :vsign:

Konnichiwa!!!

Name: Kevin
Coming From: USA
Gender: Male
Beginning of Life: 26 years ago
Interests: Writing, computers, Japanese culture
What I want to do: Learn everything I can about Japanese culture as well as expand my knowledge of speaking and writing Japanese (I speak a little).
Why do I want to go to Japan: I love Japanese culture (history, mythology, and pop) and the people there and, if possible, would like to live there if more than to just visit. I'm currently planning to travel as an Engish teacher being that it's my all time top field going through school. (Call me weird, but it's like every time I see pictures or videos of modern-day Japan, rather it's in Tokyo or otherwise, I just feel more at peace as well as a sense of longing).

(o^ - ^)
 

Name: Ashley (you can call me Honey-Chan!)
Coming From: United States
Here for: I want to explore more about Japan! I also would like to find a few friends who are as interested in Japan as I am.
Hobbies: I love anime & manga, video games, cute sweets, and anything from or about Japan. I'm currently learning Japanese also.
What draws me to Japan: The culture, fashion, technology. Practically everything. I hope someday I'll be able to move there, I hate living in the United States.

Please feel free to contact me. I love meeting new people!
:pinkbow:

Hello
 

I just joined this forum. I started getting addicted to anime and manga lately and now, I want to make friends with people in japan. I can help with english too so if anyone is interested, send me a PM.. :vsign:

Hey all...
 

Hi.
Introducing myself.
Name: Dallas
Coming to you from: Australia
First Breath: 1976 (old huh? :mtongue: )
Intentions and whatnot: I'm re-learning Japanese (for a holiday in 4yrs time) and a forum seem a good way to trade language and such.
Why do you want to go to Japan: To travel and see the sites. I was on exchange there in school and never forgot how exciting and diverse it was.
Favourite Manga/Anime: Samurai 7, Full metal. Gurren Lagan. and oddly XXXHolic. (It's funny)

Name: Solihin
Coming to you from: Singapore
First Breath: 1994
Intentions and whatnot:Learn everything I can about Japanese culture as well as expand my knowledge of speaking and writing Japanese.
Why do you want to go to Japan: I really want to go to Japan one day. If possible, I want to go to a university there. I'm very interested in the culture, language and the people. Especially Japanese Girls out there

こんにちわ みんあ!!!

My name is Margie! I'm 19 and I'm from the US!

I'm not sure if I have ever introduced myself here or not because this account is actually very old and I've just never used it :confused: So I hope i'm not doing this a second time lol

:ywave:

Um, wow, XD OK, Welcome everybody!! You all seem interesting! Have fun here!!

Honey-chan, why do you hate the US?

Maruchii: It's みんな

Name: Lauren (my friends call me crump sometimes, you can call me that as well ^_^)
Coming to you from: Austin,Texas
First Breath: Jan/12/1995
intentions and whatnot: I've come across this website so many times in the past couple of years and finally decided to give it a try! I hope I'll be able to make new friends who can give me some tips on learning Japanese (extremely needed, learning on my own has not worked out so far) and just chat. :) I can be a bit shy at first, just a warning. T_T It's been awhile since I've been on a forum.
why do you want to go to japan: I'm completely in love with the culture. Food, fashion, music (mainly Hello!Project and visual kei), history, and the city life. I've never had much of an interest in American things. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE living here in good old Austin, but Japan just seems more like a place I would enjoy. It's more of a place I could be myself, since almost all of my interests are Japanese-related.

Hey, Im back.

Im not new here my username use to be thcuteness. But I just couldnt say away.

Welcome!!

crump: Get Skype and find someone willing to talk to you to practice Japanese. We also have a whole section on this forum for Japanese language help so look there. I can help too as a fellow beginner :)

yuriqueen: Welcome back!!

thank you ^^

Thank you!
 

I hate living here because I think the US isn't as great as it's thought to be. I can't stand some of the choices the government makes. But what do I know? There's also many things that make the US great. I just don't really like it here that much. Sorry, these are really serious thoughts. I hope their not too boring.

Thank you for the welcome! :marusmile: