CURRENT MISSION

To actively make things happen

ABOUT ME

I am young, enthusiastic and just starting out on my travels. My mother travelled extensively when she was young and I have grown up listening to stories of her adventures around the world.I can't wait to see all the places I have heard about so often and discover more for myself. Life is all about the stories you can tell.

PHILOSOPHY

I always go by "treat others the way you would like to be treated". Simple.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted a few people referred through a friend and really enjoyed it. I hope to welcome anyone else traveling through this little forgotten prefecture and meet up with them again when I get away on my travels.

Interests

languages, photography and baking! I love to learn new ways to cook in my rice cooker... any ideas please let me know.

• photography
• festivals
• cooking
• chocolate
• baking
• traveling
• hiking
• bungee jumping
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Khafka on the Shore & Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
On Beauty by Zadie Smith,Bridget Jones Diary, My Sisters Keeper, the No 1 Detective Ladies series by Alexander McCall Smith...
Movies:Not too fussed but am too jumpy for horror
Music: Love it!! Anything and everything as long as I can find some fun in it

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I walked on fire to purify me and get me ready for the coming year at a Japanese festival, but I hope to top that with some seriuosly awesome hikes and bungee jumping in the coming years

Teach, Learn, Share

Hmmm... I'm a master at baking chocolate chip cookies and I could teach you a bit of the local dialect, 山形弁。

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, South Korea

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, New Zealand