I don't have any particular reason for taking Japanese, except that I thought it would be interesting and fun to learn. So far, it has been!
I am very interested in art, and I'm planning on becoming a visual art major at Columbia.  Below are some pieces of Japanese art i find beautiful...
I love the way they use colors and patterns.
I think it's also fascinating to see the influence that these traditional prints had on Western art.  Impressionism is one of my other favorite types of art, and they directly borrowed some ideas from Japan.
(On the bottom left is a drawing by Degas, on the right is a painting by Van Gogh )

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わたしはDuffyです。じゅはっさいです。だいがくのがくせいです。いちねんせいです。わたしはアメリカじんです。