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Overview

  • 5 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Japanese; learning English
  • 42, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • I 'm a vulunteer with a non-profit organization called I...
  • Asia University (my major was international relation) in ...
  • From Niigata in Japan
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Playing a small part in building a better world.

ABOUT ME

I'm trainning to be a kind of development instractor in IICD now. IICD is tranning and sending many volunteers to do development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. Me and may team mates (we are seven) are going to Africa in this August,we are gonna be there for 6 months. I'm going to Kaoma in Zambia, my project is HIV/AIDS prevention. Before I joined this development program, I have been worked in Tokyo for 3 years and half. My old company is manufacturing and selling machines(ovens and special refrigerators) for bakery, also importing ovens from Germany, shock freezer from Denmark. I engaged in the import business.

PHILOSOPHY

All for one, one for all.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I don't have rooms which accommodate now because I'm living a dorm. and sharing a room with my room mate, but I would like to host to people from all over the world after I come back to my country (Japan).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My school (IICD) sends teams to many states along the Eastern side of the U.S., so each of the teams are scheduled to go to two weeks fundraising trips four times during our training period ( six months). Our team, we have done three trips, me and my team mates got accommodations in Providence, D.C., Richmound, NJ, NY with Couchsurfing.

Interests

Traveling, Music, Reading, Cooking, Swimming, Snowboarding, Studying English and international relation, eating good food and sunbath.

  • dining
  • cooking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • snowboarding
  • swimming
  • business

Music, Movies, and Books

Whatever moves me is what I like.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One of the most amasing thing in my life is having nephews and nieces. I have three nephews and two nieces, I will have one more niece soon. I love kids, I look at children and realize that they inherit this world.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Japanese cooking.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, North Korea, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States

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