Greetings. :)

I'm Avadedra, but it's easier just to type Ava. =^__^= I'm in my mid-20s, but don't let that bug ya. I'm a dork and a weirdo and a freak and all that jazz. :D I'm stuck in the southern part of the US where people freak out when it hit 50 degrees outside. :coldbear: LOL! Like, OMG IT'S GONNA SNOW or something.

Anyway, I actually registered for the site quite a while back, but things got in the way of me actually becoming somewhat active. So, now, here I am! ^_^ I hope that's cool.

I'll probably tell ya more when you try and get to know me. Until then, take care and I'll see ya around. ;)

~AVA~

hi i am kyle i am from california first breath was march 14, 1992 currently learning japanese play some games and do few other things i am forgetting right now oh and im really wierd sometimes

I was living in Canada for 7 years, now I am in Italy, but Japan and generally Asian culture, history, mentality, lifestyle, recently music of any kind, folklore...always have been interesting to me, I have said many years ago, one day I want to be browsing japanese villages, having sake with locals in local pub, talking to them with my hands, spending time maybe working, helping some older people doing some seasonal work on they garden, I am not too much interested in Tokyo, I had enough of Toronto. Small village somewhere in mountains...will be my next destination with God help, maybe, one day...

lol hey a fellow brummy XD

Hi,
I new here. The name is Vie.
Born Sept 10, 89. Male ^^
Quite fond of Japanese culture, got 2 Japanese classes in high school, and i am asian.

はじめまして。
I'm Orson, 21 years old, looking to graduate from university by the end of the year.
I'm from Australia.
I've studied Japanese during primary and secondary school, and I'm self-studying Japanese nowadays.
I love Japan for it's culture, food, music and the people!~
Hope to make some friends, and talk to other people with similar interests, no matter where they're from!
4649!

Hello, I am new to this forums and I'm found this site interesting and useful.
I’m looking forward to join on the forums, helping people out with my thoughts and learning from others.

My name is John I'm 19 yrs old (20 in a few days)
Im a college student with a Computer Forensics Major and thinking bout a major in Computer Science as well.
I have been interested in Japan primaraly because of anime/manga. Then I tasted japanese food and I was like (fck anime, this food is great!) Then I did a little bit of research on the culture and felt completely in love with the place.
I plan on taking a vacation to Japan pretty soon and hitting up all the bars and restaurants and their landmarks.

I joined this forum to be with people who like japan or have vast knowledge of it so I can learn from them what they know. Also to be with people who are just like me, in the sense that we share a common place of interest. :P

Hello
 

Hi All!
I found this forum while searching for Japanese recipes, i'm 28, British-Asian female(meaning my parents are both from India originally but i'm british born and raised).
I've recently been getting very interested in Japanese food as i'm a little overweight and want to lose some weight, while researching recipes on the net I found that Japan has some of the longest life expectancies in the world, which many attribute to the Japanese diet which is said to be one of the healthiest in the world, and also that Japanese women have the lowest rates of obesity.
Seems a nice forum and there's a section for recipes so I thought i'd join to see what I can learn, right now i'm living on fish&chips and curries lol

Hello all members of the forum,

I'm from the U.S but born in Mexico and I've been a fan of Japan since forever. I'm 22 years old and a junior in College. This semester I decided to take Japanese class and the instructor is great. However, I also wanted to find out if I could improve my Japanese elsewhere and I think this is a cool place to do that. I want to go to Japan someday to explore and learn about some of the culture that I've been hooked up with for a long time.

Anyways, I hope we can come acquainted and in the meantime I'm going to check out the forum.

Yorishiku onegaishimasu(I hope that meant what I meant lol)
:ywave:

こんばは(That's right, right? I'm confused since konnichiwa uses ha, and I dunno, they're similar.) サハキエルです。新しいです。
Anyway, I got recommended to this site through a friend, I would say, in my Japanese conversation class. (日本語コンヴアセイシアンクラス？）　彼女の名前は� �ネィーさんです。)
Err, her name is pronounced Tanei.
I wouldn't come out in the open and be　like, "Yo, this member's name is THIS in real life, so help me find her，"　so I'll just wait for a PM, if she lurks this part of the board. (Also, swerr, I learned how to say "find", and I KNOW it has 見, but I can't remember the rest of the verb... 見-something.)
I'm new to a board that's foreign-culture oriented. I'm fairly sure the majority of US users don't exactly know the knee-hone-go, so I'm also a bit insecure about typing in Japanese to those who might. See, my origins with learning Japanese were under a Japanese person with such a high opinion of himself, it made me a bit ashamed and nervous to try and type Japanese to him. (Maybe that's why he disowned me as a friend and hates me now; I slipped up quite a bit and I may have offended him or decreased his opinion about me. But he got me started.)

So I'm also insecure about my speaking, grammar structure, etc.
In fact, I'm fairly sure I made some grammatical errors in my profile.
Please correct me at every turn, experienced people.

See, I am self-studied. I've studied on and off for about a year, now.
I'm taking a non curricular conversation class that's not really teaching me many new things, but it's really fun and stuff.

Anyway, in case you're worrying I'm one of those boring 'learning Japanese for business' types, (Though I'm sure they're not really boring) I'm pretty far deep into anime, having three or more on my watch list at any given moment and watching an episode or two every day or so. I used to marathon watch, but that's when I had time and free will. :/ And for those who do not approve of self-proclaimed 'American otaku', I'm not one of those either. I respect Japanese culture and try to adhere to its rules when in a Japanese setting, such as タマヨー先生's classroom. (I tried to guess the kanji in her full name, which, in the way I wrote it, translated into 'snowball'... 'yo', and she said it was correct, but then she typed her name in a certificate and it was 由紀, with her last name in katakana, if I recall correctly. I was disheartened. :() I am also a huge fan of Miyamoto-san, for he created The Legend of Zelda, and without that, I would be lost.

Anyway, before I start rambling too much, I just wanted to say 'sup to the general population and look for Tanei(?), etc.
'Cause I will only see her once a week and she's also a self studied person who seems like a cool 'Hey, let's speak and discuss random Japanese whenever' type of person, for which I have similar people for French.

So yeah, I'm Sahaqiel.
Please don't tell anyone.
Sahaqiel

こんにちわ！
 

Hey everyone, this is me. I'm an anime/manga otaku and an RPG gamer. I also love visual kei and gothic lolita. I am currently taking a Japanese class, so I do know a little Japanese. My dream is to someday live in Harajuku Tokyo, but as long as I get to live somewhere in Japan, I'll be happy. (Hopefully it won't be Hokkaido, though, I'd live there too if I had to. ^_^U) My favorite J-rock band is Dio - Distraught Overlord and my favorite J-pop singers are Kuraki Mai and Koda Kumi. I guess that's me in a nutshell. So far, though, I really like this forum, and I'll wish for the best! :D

Hello guys and gals :)

Wondered for a while if I should join the forum and it seems like a lot of fun, hopefully I'll make some good friends here. I love videogames, board games, role playing games (Well basically all kinds of games :P) and watching anime (Haven't read much manga myself, since it's hard to come by around here and I don't like reading on the pc that much).
I hope to someday travel to japan, maybe even live there for a while. Well, guess this is it for now.

Hi:)

As usual I dunno what I can say 'bout myself'^^

Hmmm first of all- really, really sorry if my english' goin' to apear in category 'bad'. To be honest I'm not skilfull in languages other than my native one(speakin' 'bout 'cause many people in my country just can't use proper polish-.-').

As stated in profile I'm studyin'. Law at University in my home town and in genral it takes most of my time-.-.
I'm not sure if it can be called hobby but I'm interested in history of regime and law(especially in feudal period) and it's the main reason of my registration here... apart from it I waste my time;) liten' to music, readin' books and mangas, watchin' anime and some TV stuff, takin' quizzes on Quizilla or just wandering 'round with my dogs or on bike. Pretty boring, isn't it?

I think it's enough for small introduction, so again hello everybody and nice to meet you, I belive.

Name: Emmi
Coming to you from: Venezuela
Here for: Language learning support, discussing culture and making friends.
Why do you want to go to Japan: It blows my mind :rolleyes:

Name: Tori aka Vinneh
Living in: England!
I joined here from my long interest in Japan culture :) I love most places but some reason this interests me the most, so i'd love to learn more :3

hey my name is Amy, I'm into anime and learning Japanese.
I'm Canadian and in my 20s :3

Name: otome
Age:20
email add: [email protected]
Likes: Anime, Japanese stuffs, japanese language..
i love to sing and to draw, i also like computers, manga.. hmn.. what else, i love sleeping, watching movies(sp. anime and jap movies),eating(but i'm too skinny..:( ) hehe.. i love hanging out with friends, studying, surfing the net, joining discussions in forums..

i am currently studying for the JLPT level 3.. :( i hope i can pass.. please pray for me.. hehe..

anyway.. i hope we can all be friends..
yoroshiku onegaishimasu!!!:)

Hey-Low whats up everyone.

My name is Rizduan
Gonna be 18 in 52 more days !
Im currently living in Singapore, yes .. hot sunny Singapore
I kinda got interested in Japanese culture when i first watched Gundam Seed on the tv when i was a kid and from there on i started listening to Jrock, watching anime's, reading mangas(translated of course xD) and drawing(though im seriously bad at it).

Hmm... a few more things about me, Im actually a malay and in Singapore you dont really see alot of Malays that are interested in Japanese culture(sucks i know! :/), I actually took a japanese language course a few months ago but i had to stop midway cause it was clashing with my school work. Now .. my exams are finish and im gonna have my holidays in a week (cant wait!)

I might start taking classes again and continue where i had left off. Im planning to visit Japan someday cause they have vending machines that sell things that other countries dont even have haha ! and not only that but i want to experience the culture in japan.

I hope that someone here will help me if i need help along the way ! and i also hope that i can make alot of friends here regardless of race and religion :D.

よろしくおねがいします


oh and if anyone who wants my email please pm me i would really really realllyyy appreciate it ^^

Hello! ^^
Name: Bethany
Coming to you from:United States
I am a senior in highschool, actually going to college full time. I hope to earn a major in Japanese, so this site looks like a good place to start!
I love anime, but what really got me interested in japan was being involved with martial arts.
I look forward to learning with you all!:pinksong:

You can just call me Trinket.
I'm 19 in my second semester of college majoring in electrical engineering.
I'm not obessed with Japan but my house is very japanese insipired and my brother lives in Japan. So, I decided to come here to learn more about the culture. I'm especially interested information about geishas just because it's neat.. so if you know a lot about that just send me a PM.

I live very few animes. My favorites are Paranoia Agent and Ghost in the Shell. I don't really read manga but I love american comics. I like hiking playing tennis pretty much anything to do with the ourdoors. I'm a cat person. I have a massive hello kitty collection that I'm sick of. Lol, andddd I like robots and aliens.

Name:
Dylan (Dil-un)

Coming to you from:
US,AZ

First Breath:
March/26/1990

intentions and whatnot:
I becam fasinated by japan and its amazing culture and people when i was very young. My father was a matrial artist and through my child hood he taught me kung-fu,Hop gar. I remeber when i was young the only thing i really ever ate was asian food, because that was really the only thing my parent would cook. I'm very fond japanese anime also, from a young age i rember watching Hayao Miyazaki's movies over and over in the early 90's.
My main reason for joining this community is to learn more about japanese culture and etiquette and hopefully make a few friends.

why do you want to go to japan:
I want to go to japan because im tired of the america, i want to experience a whole new culture and way of living. i want to meet many different people in japan and have many pictures of my visit with the many people i meet.

Hiya! My name is Erin, but most of my friends just call me Rin. I turned twenty back in August, but I'm not in college. I work at an office in the hopes of one day saving up enough money to go to college without having to work.

I really want to learn more about the history and culture of Japan. I just find it so fascinating and completely different from what I'm used to--but in a good way! Plus, I think Japanese boys are way cuter than American boys~! :rheart: However, I'd mostly want to go to Japan to visit the historical sites, or maybe even the popular, trendy sites. Maybe even experience the culture a little!

Nice to meet you all, and I hope I can make some good friends here!

Hello.
 

Hi. My name is... well, Adriana. It's nice to meet you guys (and girls).

Hi Y'all!
 

Name: Kristin (rly?)
Coming from: Sweden
First Breath: September 1989
Why do you want to go to Japan: I love Japanese culture!
So that's the main reason.
I have always felt more conected to that country then any other one, especially Sweden.
There is so many reasons that I can't even come up with good ones :mtongue:

Well I can tell you a little more about me.
Im a swedish girl who is unemployd atm, but I'm going back to school to study up some grades in January.
I have two wounderfull cat's who is my little babies!
I love animals and nature!
Other things that interest me is different cutures, psychology, philosophy, architecture, computer and playstation games, cooking, conspiracy theorys, having fun, paranormal, religions, interior design etc etc etc.

My dream is to help make this world better in any way I can.
To help people, animals and nature and be the best person I can possible be!

I just found this forum today and i thought it seemed interesting so i joined and I hope i wont get disapointed ;)

And I hope you all don't get too mad about my grammar, It's not verry good since i quit school :o

Name:Joanna
Coming to you from:Greece:p
Here for:I WANT TO MEET JAPANESE PEOPLE AND OF COURSE PEOPLE WHO WANTS TO LEARN GREEK LANGUAGE OR GREEK CULTURE PLEASE SEND ME PERSONAL MESSAGE AND I WILL ANWER RIGHT AWAY :)
Why do you want to go to Japan: i just love this country:vsign:

Hi
 

Name: Pelon
From: South America
Age: 38
Hi to all. I'm a US citizen living in south america. Hoping to meet new friends from all around. My future plans are to move to japan, so hopefully I can make friends with a few japanese.

Hi, this is my 1st post here. I'm not gonna go by my real name, so you guys can call me milky~dream , although you may find my name somewhere here in the future or some link of mine :)
I don't know much about japanese or anything, I came by since my friend told me to sign up in this site to explore japanese culture :confused: so I did [?]
anyways, I'm a chinese girl, 19 , in college (will be 20 yrs old in about 3 months...) was from China when 5, but came to US in california. and I guess I'll be meeting new ppl here in this site, so hope I feel welcome.
I guess I'm different here, since I didn't study japanese, so I do not know japanese, but I'm very fluent in 汉字 ［漢字］ and english, so if anyone need help, I am able to help. but I don't know the regular japanese form of writing.

hope to make friends with everyone here!!! :ywave:

Kennethdg
 

Name: Kenneth
Coming to you from: Chesapeake, VA, USA
First Breath: 9/27/86
intentions and whatnot: Learning to read, write, and speak japanese for the purpose(s) of understanding songs i love, anime i love, manga i love, movies i like, video games that come out first in Japan, video games that only come out in Japan, novels that only come out in Japan, and talk to my relatives in japan

why do you want to go to japan: Loves vgames, anime, manga, Japanese novels, and just the culture itself. Need to visit Shinjuku, Akihabara, and that bookstore area... Been interested in starting TRPG's but with no luck... No actual Japanese group wants to RP with me cause I need translate-heavy. Want to visit my relatives there too sometime.

Love the novel toki wo kakeru shoujo so far, translating as i go, slowly but surely.

Name: KingRise ^^
Home Country: United Kingdom
My Birthday: Jan/24/1990
Why am i here: To learn more japanes & Meet Japanes People

Hello! :P

NAME : kenny
GENDER : male
age: 17
hi my name is kenny i'am new here and intrested in japanese , but notice that most is from europe country , but makeing new friend is a good thing , so if intresteed pls add me at [email protected]

i am a ordinary person lyk no other loves manga/anime, i'am a cheerful guy but sometimes can get emotional :ywave:
hope i can meet more friends

welcome everyone! please enjoy your stay ^_^

Name: Martin
Coming to you from: Sweden
First Breath: July 31st 1990
intentions and whatnot: No particular reason. I like some jrock, and I would definitely like to go to Japan some day=D

Name: Michael
Coming to you from: Australia
Age: 18
First Breath: October 9th 1991
Intentions: Study at university
Why do you want to go to Japan: To be able to experience traditional and popular Japanese culture which I have been fascinated with for several years now.

name: Robin Awal
from: Nepal

New here. Some random stuff about me ^^
 

Hiya everyone. I'm new here and would just like to....talk? I guess. Uhm, I'm a teen model (both kinds), I sing a little, I enjoy boxing, and I adore Japan. I want to visit, or possibly live, there when I get older. I'm trying to learn the language and how to read and write it.....but I'm not doing so good. If you want, you could help me on that. We could be....study buddies. I guess thats the right term to use. Hmmmm, guess thats it. Get to know me. :p

Intro~
 

NAME: Jen
AGE: 27
LOCATION: Chiba, Japan
NATIONALITY: American (married to a Japanese man, Ryo <3)
OCCUPATION: English Teacher part-time, website maintainer, small business owner (Chyuko Rock)
INTERESTS: Horror movies, writing, reading, music, collecting things, traveling, video games, etc
OTHER: Was just searching the web & came across this forum. I like making new friends & talking, so thought maybe this would help ^___^ I'm most recently from California (was a small-time band manager) but now my husband & I (married in February) live in Chiba. I've been in Japan for about 1 year. I've been listening to Japanese music & greatly interested in the culture for about 15 years or so, & love living here.

Well, anyway, hello ^___^

Name: Sara
From: Missouri, USA
Age: 21
About me: I really like Japananese culture and am in the (painfully slow) process of learning the language. I am still at a very very beginner level. I would love to visit Japan some day!
I am trying to start a career as a professional Photographer, and in the meantime I work a boring part-time job as cahier and sales associate.
I enjoy video games, movies, art, animals, music, etc., etc.
I am on here to talk with others about my love for Japan, and maybe make a few friends (snail mail anyone? ;) )!
:ywave: