whilst doing my "research", i came across my new favourite youtube channel, sharla in japan. her videos are awesome. i guess she's somewhat famous or something. i'm kind of mad that i'm just discovering her now. i've been bingeing on watching her videos to the point where i feel stalkerish. and of course...
O.o
soooo~ i started
following her on facebook, twitter, and instagram too. cause i'm creepy like
that, i guess. anyway, she had posed a few questions to her fb followers
earlier in the month for a future blog post she's doing or something. all the
info she would have needed was posted within the day... but i didn't know who
she was then. and i wanted to answer them just for fun. so i did.
annnnnnd, i can never
answer concisely or get to the point without a story. (noticed that, have you?)
it was really long, but interesting [to me], and shares some of my history of
my love affair with all things japanese.
so, here ya go.
these were sharla's two
posts:
"I'm working on a website
project and I have some questions for you guys!! (For those of you that are
interested in Japan, which I'm assuming is a good number of you, haha) If you
could answer that would be amazing!! Skip any questions that you don't feel
like answering~ Thank you! < 3
1. ) What got you
interested in Japan?
2. ) Have you ever been
to Japan? If not, are you considering visiting?
3. ) If you were to plan
a trip to Japan, where would you look for information on places to stay, visit,
eat, shop etc.? (guide books, google search, websites specialising in Japan...)
4. ) Which websites do
you visit all the time? (Not about Japan, just in general!) What do you like
about them?"
"Thank you SO much for
answering my questions, very helpful and interesting to read!!
☆ One last question for
you guys, if you had to pick one, what's the ONE thing you are most interested
in about Japan at the moment? (Anime, food, cars, travel spots, pop culture,
traditional culture, martial arts, kawaii stuff, video games, cosplay, etc....
)"
and this is my
unnecessarily long answer:
i realize this is an
older post and you probably don’t need more input, but i feel like answering
anyway~ i apologize in advance for the length…
1. at this point, i don’t
remember. i did my geography project on japan in grade 9 (i got a b- because i
was so enthralled that it ended up being 45 pages long instead of the 10
maximum), but i’m pretty sure there was already an interest by then and that’s
why i chose japan over any other country. i don’t think it was any one thing before
that – just seeing pictures and thinking it was beautiful, i guess. in grade
10, my brother had a learn japanese audio tape (that’s how old i am…) and i
stole it from him. there was no turning back after that. lifelong obsession
ensued.
2. i have been to japan
once before. hubby and i never went on an official honeymoon, so for our 3rd
anniversary, he made my dream of getting there come true. we were there for 10
days. i’m now in the middle of planning our epic return. still only for 2 weeks, but during HANAMI
this time! (30 days to go!!!)
3. since i AM planning a
trip to japan, i can tell you that i have been quite well-rounded in my
research variety. lol. i have a few guide books from last time (i planned that
all myself too) but i mostly use the internet. i use japan-guide. com a lot.
white rabbit had made 2 ‘walking tours’ (akihabara and shinjuku) which we
pretty cool. i wish they had made more.
but the BEST source of information for trip planning is from vloggers
like you. i’ve picked up so many ideas and tips that way.
4. i’m obsessed with
pinterest. i spend hours searching and pinning random crap. it’s a place i can
do my two favourite things~ hoard and organize. and i spend a good amount of
time split between facebook, twitter, youtube, blogger, and a group chat app
(online version) called groupme (kind of the same thing as whatsapp).
oh yeah. i also use
google maps a lot. it’s good for trip planning too. i love the street view
thing where i can just drop that little dude down into the map and wander
around the streets of tokyo. it’s almost like being there. …almost.
5. (from the next post)
idk if there is ONE thing about japan i’m particularly interested in the most.
i was really into traditional things before, especially geisha – not that i’m not
still, but my general interest has grown to encompass much more than that. i
guess you could just say ‘daily life’ or something like that. everyday things
most japanese people would find mundane or boring. those are the things i am
fascinated by.
damn. that was even longer than i thought. ~gomen.
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