I'm from... the US.
I moved around a lot as a kid. Born in Oregon, but we moved from there before I was a year old. Went on to live in Texas, Arizona, North Dakota, and Connecticut before we reached Utah when I was about twelve. I got to see all kinds of stuff traveling between those states, but was SO happy when we realized we'd been in Utah for 10 years straight! So, I guess I'm from Utah...? Which is known for outdoor sports (best snow on Earth, according to all the pamphlets
), national parks, the BYU/U of U rivalry, and of course the LDS church.
I didn't stop there, though! I'm temporarily living in Japan--my contract's up in August after two years here--where I'm living in Kochi prefecture. Super, ridiculously hot and humid in the summer, just cold enough to be uncomfortable in the winter. We in fact warm up quickly enough and stay hot long enough that we can harvest rice twice a year in Kochi. We also grow tons of ginger. It blew my mind to see that the vegetable farms can and do operate here year-round. I passed a tree with fruit on it in January. O.O We also proudly claim Sakamoto Ryoma, a pretty famous samurai who was born in Kochi, who every other prefecture tries to claim for more superficial reasons, like
traveling there or whatever. ;P The sakura's starting to bloom here, so we're really looking forward to going up to Kochi Castle for a flower-viewing picnic!
