CURRENT MISSION

I may not able to answer you right away as I am super busy with my work and i may only accept guests who would in return share our house choirs as I am full time worker raising my daughter just like what we did as wwoofers.

I prefer a guest who wish to stay long and share your time with us in teaching English at my school.
(many of our guests stayed here for a long the longest several month)

ABOUT ME

I like to play music, do art performance and various outdoor activities.
I was born in Nagoya and graduated from Kellog High school in Idaho in America and went to university in Japan and college in Canada and London.

I am a busy working mother with a young daughter so I may ONLY accept someone who is tidy, responsible provide their own gears including towels and amenities and is helpful and share house choirs to make sure you vacuum the room before you leave.

I am NOT good at cooking!! I do cook when I can but basically I would love to learn how to cook from you.
I like to teach you anything I can including Japanese, basic information to get around. Here in my neighborhood, we have Koshoji temple, the tea ceremony museum and a nice park with a pond named Hayato Ike.

PHILOSOPHY

Everything you do comes back to you. I want to be true to myself and enjoy my life sharing a lot of things with people around me and helping them with what I can.

I love to learn things from you.
I have learned a lot from may of our guests. My daughter did too!
We did many things together with our guests like live concerts and performance and I love to introduce my guests to my students and take them to schools in Japan.

I teach Japanese too. If you would like a lesson, ask me.

I am looking for a person who would wwoof here teaching English and cooking, cleaning and in return, you get to live here.

I like to get out of Japan with my daughter and live wherever we may for a couple of years. That is my dream. If you are interested, ask me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Someone introduced me to it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted so many guests so far maybe close to a hundred and it was my policy first not to refuse anyone (crazy, huh?) but I learned and now I only host who can reach my heart somehow only when I can ( as my daughter need some privacy she insists.)

All the guests were very sweet and i always learn a lot from them.

Call or text me and leave a message to confirm your coming right before it please!

I do not receive an unknown phone number so you must leave a message first and let me know that it is u that is calling so i could answer the second call.

Interests

Definitely music! Listening and playing both. Indian or other interesting original music. I like to find music from your country!!

i sometimes do live shows here in and out of Nagoya. I enjoy having a guests who may play music with us.

I hosted a band "TOO DUMB TO DIE". They were crazy and super fun to be with and we did a lot of shows and art performances together. They were on TV in Japan. Somebody called the tv company because they were super unique like riding a very weird bike.

I also have great and special interest in indigenous people's music for example, aboriginal, Ainu, native American, or other east European ones too.

I enjoy playing the violin, viola, cello, ukulele, piano, and all sorts of different instruments.

I sing and play the violin in a band.
My former band M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogBz0U784qM

My other band Tui
https://soundcloud.com/changmi/tui-okazaki-cam-hall-song

recently I play the

I am into film making. I like to perform.
I make music for my movie project as well.

i submit my work to the film festival and am shooting couch surfers'. if you let me, i need to shoot from the very first moment of our time.

I like Siri Nilsen. I love her way of playing ukulele and singing.

and Yuta Ogasawara"s music.

• arts
• singing
• performing arts
• film making
• concerts
• festivals
• cooking
• tv
• music
• piano
• violin
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hunting
• wwoof

Music, Movies, and Books

I make movies. Our last work is called "Herding Cats"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-19aSJ-RVE

we showed it at a movie theatre named Cinematecque in Imaike, Nagoya.

We try to make one every year. I mainly do editing, art directing and sometimes music.

i am trying to shoot our conversation if you let me.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Having a new life, baby is just so beautiful. I enjoy listening to my daughter's stories and vice versa.

I am always fascinated by young children. They are so creative and incredible.

We had a home-birth in Canada and it was such a lovely moment to have birth with lovely midwives.
I was really lucky to have such an experience.

Raising a child has taught me a lot. I am thankful for my parents and everything I have, my life, my work...

I just feel so happy that I feel this way and feel happiness...

Teach, Learn, Share

I would share my love and happiness with you!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Let's play some music. I love to learn music of your country. I would like you to have a special experience if you stay here. I would like to take you to schools I teach and I want you to introduce your country to young kids.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, England, France, Guam, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Japan, United States

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