Hi my name is Aoi (those who are native English speakers out there, it's pronounced as close as “owie”, like when hurt. And those Japanese learners, it's the same sound as the colour of blue in Japanese but my name doesn't have anything to do with the colour: it is a plant/flower) and I am from Japan.

I did exchange study at the Gold Coast in Australia for a year. I also have a working experience at Walt Disney World in Orlando ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Have some friends around the world including Australia, Germany, England, Sweden, the US, and so on.
I work in the small video production company as a production assistant and trying to work my way up to become a storyboard artist!
I'm into photorealistic portrait drawing.
I’d love to talk to and hear stories from people, I speak English and Japanese, and keen to learn one more ... or three! Also I own a Bialetti mokaexpress, I can make and serve you delicious espresso/cafe latte in the morning. Hope you drink coffee lol

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I like couches.

Interests

• cats
• photography
• coffee
• movies
• reading
• drawing
• track and field
• swimming
• museums
• fruits
• ambient music

Music, Movies, and Books

-MUSIC-
Alt-J/Bonobo/Blood Orange/Blackbird Blackbird/Cashmere Cat/Chet Faker/Chet Porter/Chrome Sparks/Clams Casino/Copeland/Com Truise/Emancipator/eevee/The Flashbulb/Flume Four/Tet Giraffage Glass Animals/Gold Panda/Hot Sugar/Jon Hopkins/Kiasmos/Lapalux/M83/Memoryhouse/Millionyoung/Mount Kimbie/Mura Masa/Neon Indian/Nohieda/Nosaj Thing/Nujabe/Petit Biscuit/Project Pablo/Rhye/Shigeto/Shlohmo/Tycho/Ta-Ku/Washed Out/xxyyxx/Yunton Beach

-BOOKS-
Millennium trilogy, Lincoln Rhyme series, Takeru Kaido, Tetsuya Honda

-MOVIE-
Armageddon, Léon: The professional, Interstellar, Lilting, The Usual Suspects, Vengeance trilogy

Teach, Learn, Share

- Japanese language, culture.

What I Can Share with Hosts

- I have this Australian bloke who asks almost too many question about Japanese. I am now confident that I can teach quite well.
- Awesome espresso
- if you have a beautiful facial bone structure, a portrait of you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States