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Name: Rin/Rinny
Age: Mid-30's
Location: Osaka, Japan
Occupation: Kimono teacher/stylist, university instructor, Miko/shrine maiden-in-training
Hobbies & Interests: Singing, video games, playing musical instruments, drawing, making tsumami kanzashi, writing, reading novels and manga, swimming
Other info: Mixed Japanese American from Michigan, USA. In the past five years I've lived in Poland, China, and now I'm in Japan. I'll be Japan another seven months before I move back to the US, where my husband is. He's Polish and he's just immigrated there and he's helping take care of my grandparents while I take of some business related things. I miss him terribly.
I've been a teacher for 13 years (ESL, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese) but now I'm trying to become a full-time kimono stylist and teacher. I received my license at a kimono school here in Osaka in June, and I love my life in kimono. I really hope to make a full time life in kimono come true. In the meantime, I teach at a university and I'm also in Miko training. In the future, pandemic not withstanding, I will split my life between the US and Japan. The study of kimono is life-long, so I'll be back twice a year to keep my studies up and make sure my skills are on top.
I really missed journaling, and going back to my entries on here made me realize that it's important to keep track of things so hopefully I'll keep this up too.
I don't blog about fandom much but my main fandoms are Fate/, Devil May Cry, Phantom of the Opera, Genshin Impact, Star Wars, and Final Fantasy.
Nice to meet you all!
Nice to meet you all!
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Date: 2021-09-22 06:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-22 03:00 pm (UTC)Tbh, FFX is probably my favorite! I really enjoyed FF7R recently, and besides X, IV is my other favorite. What about you?
Do you miss Akita?
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Date: 2021-11-25 11:30 pm (UTC)We both love Phantom and Labyrinth! (They are rather connected, though, aren't they?) From the sounds of it, you are also a lover of language, and your background sounds super interesting. My Japanese is not fluent, but 日本語でも英語でも、共に話したら楽しそうだと思います。気軽にアッドしてください。👍