Me, and Why

I am Sophie Ogle, 16 years old, living in Alaska, USA and I want to go on exchange to Japan for a year in my High School career. Studying abroad seemed like an amazing experience to me and I want to know what living in a culturally different country feels like. I have been interested in Japan for basically my whole life. I take Japanese class and I try to learn about Japan as much as I can. To be enriched in such a unique and foreign country will be such an amazing experience, no matter where I am, but Japan drew me in. Japanese culture is very interesting to me. The geography, clothing, music, and language are all very beautiful to me and I would like to get to know more about the culture by living in the country of Japan.