Aloha! Nice to meet you all! My name Melissa and I live in Honolulu, Hawaii. I just happened to come across this site last night and decided to give it a try. The main reason I am learning Japanese is so I can communicate better with people here. I know how to read & write hiragana & katakana, but I just need to learn to speak Japanese! I have always wanted to be able to speak another language and now I can finally start. I’m so excited!