As the sun rises over the misty mountains here in ole Shinano, the old name for Nagano, I'd like to WELCOME you to Jref too !!
I hope you have the time of your life !! I really feel that I was once in a position like yours...so many people in highschool thought I was strange--and I was...like I was self-studying Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, and Thai, and was the school artist--doing all kinds of crazy surrealistic things...and often wore an old long-tail tux to school as an overcoat...hee, hee, hee...those were the days...
WELCOME...let's enjoy talking about Japan and all it has to offer !! MM