COLUMBIA - Before they began taking Japanese in school, Brent Head and Jacob Abbott tried to write the language themselves. Fans of anime, a type of Japanese cartoon, the boys copied the hiragana characters as best they could — not knowing what they meant but utterly captivated by their mystery.
Students' trip offers chance to study Japanese language and culture
Sunday, February 10, 2008 | 4:58 p.m. CST;
updated 11:01 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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