Hello!

[culturelover]

Hello everyone!
My name is Blair, and I'm starting my bachelor's degree in Japanese in the fall! I can't wait to get into my study of it and of course study abroad there. I'm also married and 24 y/o, and I'm really glad I found this site. Besides Japan/Japanese culture, I also have a strong love for Russia/Russian culture! Hoping to meet some new people and get as much out of this site as I can.

 

[thomas]

Hi Blair, and welcome to the forum!

 

[culturelover]

Thank you

 

[Tamayo]

Welcome! I'm sure you'll find yourself right at home -- Jref has a lot of very helpful and friendly people.

 

[culturelover]

Thanks Tamayo!

 

[zoomingjapan]

Hi and welcome!

That's interesting. Aren't Russia and Japan quite different from each other?
I don't know if you know Jenya, but if not you should check her blog out! She's a Russian who lives in Japan. She's not only a voice actor (in Japanese) for various games and anime, recently she's also been on Japanese TV a lot.

 

[culturelover]

They are different but also have two similarities, that I can think of. (Taking off shoes before coming into the house and calling each other by their last name, unless invited to do otherwise). Both are very interesting! I don't know Jenya, but I just opened the link you gave me in a new tab. Thank you for sending me the link. You should check out Russia one day. It is way more than USSR and Vodka that's for sure lol. My many loves: The ins and outs of my fav cultures The link is some quick facts on Russia from my blog if you would like to read something about it.