I became determined to be a professional artist while still in my early teens, and I attended a high school in Japan that offered an art major with a broad range of studio and liberal arts studies. In junior high school, I attend sewing classes, where I initially experienced the enjoyment of working with fabric. In order to be accepted into an art college, my education was reinforced by attending a rigorous college preparatory “cramming” program (gakushu juku) following my regular school day. My combined studies were intense and highly focused and were bolstered by my discipline.
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