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はじめまして　私は金賢佑です。

I was born and raised in 韓国. Throughout my childhood, I was highly exposed to Japanese cultures, most of the cartoons and animations that I watched were translated contents from 日本 and small MiDi player that I carried around was also a Japanese technology. Despite, all these exposure to the Japanese culture and although Japan is a neighboring country, I had never been to Japan until this past summer. I stayed in Tokyo for a week. Although very similar, 日本 was different from 韓国. Among my visit to 日本, a trip to 秋葉原 was one of the most interesting experience. マンガ、アニメ、and especially メイド喫茶 was a culture shock experience. After the trip, I got more interested in the Japanese culture and 日本語. I hope I'll be able to travel around 日本 by myself next summer with 日本語 learned from this class.