Encounters in France

My first contact with Japan was in high school, when a friend sat next to me while listening to Japanese music. When I heard this magnificent language I immediately wanted to learn it.

I used to learn, Spanish, English Chinese and Korean because I really liked foreign languages ​​but Japanese language was fascinating and very pleasant to pronounce.

I first studied alone at home for 2 years, then I went to a night school while I was a management student in Paris.

In this night curse school I met Japanese people for the first time. I thought that the Japanese were nice and good, so I left my management school to study everything related to Japan at INALCO University in Paris Sorbonne.

I started my degree of Japanese literature and civilization in 2009.

At this university I learned the History of Japan, Japanese arts and the language.

I was fascinated by Japanese history that no one talks about, the Jomon, Yayoi and Kofun eras. For me the roots of true Japan begin in these eras, before Buddhism.

My family is originally from Brittany.

In Brittany, before Christianity there was also a culture close to ancient Japan where there are also many burial mounds and kami everywhere in nature. I felt close and familiar with Japan without knowing it.

In 2011, I planned to go to Tokyo with friends, but there was this terrible earthquake and the nuclear incident. My friends canceled their trip and I decided to wait until 2012 to come to Japan.