Greetings from the somewhat-warm-for-winter foothills of the Japan Alps !! It's not like the true North here...but I so often feel that it is, when the dark days of late January are upon us.
WELCOME TO JREF !! I'd bet you'll have a good time here, and make a lot of friends, as you spend time here joining in with us in talking about all these things Japanese. Take the time to get used to the community, and then, jump right in !! (this is not to insinuate that you don't jump right in from the very beginning...but just that for some, there is a shyness at first---I was like that too...) See you 'round !! MM