Why Japan?

People always say to me "how can you love a place that you have never been to?".
When I go to answer them I just don't know how.
All I know is that Japan is the thing in my life I feel most passionate about and it's the only thing I never get tired of hearing about, learning about or talking about.

I dont quite know for sure what started my love for Japan, it could have been computer games or technology, but I first started reading about the country around two years ago online then I started to buy travel books then books on it's history and culture. After that I was watching anything I could find related to Japan, documentaries, movies, animation you name it I've probably seen it.
I started to learn Japanese (but with very slow progress) and I have also applied for a course on learning Japanese starting this September.

I have spoken to alot of people from Japan and people living there through Twitter and I have to attend any event related to Japan. I created this blog to hopefully meet like minded people and to share my experiences as I have since found out that I am not alone in my love for all things Japan, there seems to be many many people out there who also feel the way I feel for this tiny but totally unique island. That to me seems so far away but feels so close at the same time.

Since I first started reading and learning about this place the one thing that stands out the most is just how great it's people are and how kind they can be. I have made a great deal of close friends through Twitter and through sending letters by post and every time I talk to someone new it just makes my love for the place even stronger.

So people around me, in my family and some of my closest friends may think I'm a little strange for loving this place so much but every day I find out something new or hear a story about Japan and it makes me want to learn more and meet new friends out there and then one day visit so that I can experience it for myself.

So in the end I guess I dont know exactly why I love Japan but I know that it's a big part of my life and makes me who I am.