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Greetings from Japan! <3
« on: November 18, 2020, 10:46:39 PM »
Hello everyone!

My name is Dannah, I am 26 years old and I am originally from Kansas, USA. I have been living in Japan for the past five years, first working as an English teacher, and now as a translator and quality assurance specialist.

As a child, I had a reputation among my friends as being a tomboy. I played with toy cars and dinosaurs, and would act like girly things like dolls and ponies were lame. But deep down I had a huge admiration for My Little Pony. It started with a book I found from 1985, called My Little Pony and the Mystery Chase, featuring Posey as the main character. I loved the bright colors of the ponies in the book and their cute names. Sometimes when I went to the store I would try to sneak off and admire the ponies, but would never ask for one. Around 2003 is when I received my first pony from a family member for Christmas. It was Sunny Daze. My mom mentioned that I was too old for such a toy, but secretly I was so thrilled to finally have my very own MLP! Fast forward to the present day, and I now have let go of all labels such as "tomboy," and am finally allowing myself to just love what I love!

I just began collecting MLP this month, and I am mostly interested in collecting G1 and G3 ponies (although I love G2 and G4 too!). The very first pony I purchased was Parasol. Because of my memory of the book I mentioned before, Posey is my favorite pony.

It isn't easy finding ponies in the wild in Japan, as they weren't really sold in excessive numbers here like they were in the West, and their prices are quite high. If anyone has any advice for looking for ponies in Japan, I would really appreciate it! I am also interested in learning how to properly clean them and style their manes.

I'm so excited to get to join MLP Arena. Thanks for reading!  :biggrin:

Dannah

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Re: Greetings from Japan! <3
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2020, 04:15:13 AM »
Nice to meet you, Dannah! Welcome to the Arena. :good:

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Fast forward to the present day, and I now have let go of all labels such as "tomboy," and am finally allowing myself to just love what I love!

This sounds like a great philosophy to live by :hug:

Hope you enjoy the boards!
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Re: Greetings from Japan! <3
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2020, 09:46:14 AM »
Welcome to the arena! It’s so nice to meet people from other laces on here. I hope you enjoy your stay!
Unfortunately my Japanese classes sadly didn’t cover how to find ponies over there, but keep your eyes and ears peeled! Something might pop up.
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Re: Greetings from Japan! <3
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2020, 09:51:23 PM »

Welcome to the Arena :wave:

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Re: Greetings from Japan! <3
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2020, 08:03:57 PM »
Welcome to the arena! :)

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Re: Greetings from Japan! <3
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2020, 05:58:22 PM »
Hi and welcome to the Arena!
Have fun here :)
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Re: Greetings from Japan! <3
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2020, 08:44:00 PM »
Welcome! I love Posey, her pose and color scheme is lovely. :)

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Re: Greetings from Japan! <3
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2021, 07:40:40 AM »
Hi and welcome to the arena :)

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Re: Greetings from Japan! <3
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2021, 06:32:03 AM »
Welcome to the Arena! I hope you'll like it here! :lovey: 
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