Hajimemashite!

Hi, my name is Ashley and I found this forum while looking for Visual Kei avatars. I was so impressed that a forum existed that was about Japan and not about anime that I had to join. In February I returned to America after having spent 6 months as an exchange student to Shizuoka Japan. My second home! ^_^ \V/ I love Visual Kei, especially Merry and Gazette. (but I like Merry the best) Unlike many of my peers, I went to Japan uninterested in anime/manga/japanese music and developed an interest in the latter two. Still don't particularly like anime (they tend to have very annoying voices), though. 窶堙ｦ窶堙ｫ窶堋ｵ窶堋ｭ窶堋ｨ窶堙銀?堋ｪ窶堋｢窶堋ｵ窶堙懌?堋ｷ.

Welcome to the forum!

From the peaks of the Japan Alps, reaching for the stars, I welcome you to the forum Seku Hara-chan !! There are a lot of things about Japan here that you can learn about yet, and I'm sure you have some experiences that you can share with us too.

I am not into aname so much either, but from time to time I watch some. I listen to J-music from time to time too-as I have three sons, the oldest being almost 18, and then 14 and 12...and they listen to it too, so I listen.

Please stick around and enjoy the whole forum !! Hope to see you 'round !!