Love the picture! Nup, haven't shaved my legs. I've always realised with most Asians in general, they don't have much hair on their legs! I remember one time, someone asked me if I shaved my legs or not! Haven't been to japan, but will next month! so...
I study it by reading my senior highschool japanese textbooks+Kanji cards from White rabbit press I plan to go to a japanese language school to converse with other peoples advice to others, learn a few kanji or even one a day!
I use both HLJ and HobbySearch. I've never had any problems with HLJ, ordering system is user friendly. But i find HobbySearch better due to receiving points from purchasing the products, cheaper prices than HLJ. I found HobbySearch harder to get use...