I'm a Brazillian, but my parents are Japanese. So I'm a mix of both cultures! :)

*I left Brazil in November of 2014!
I'm a Reiki user and now I learned acupressure and masage, I'm travelling working with energetic therapies, I can give you a very good therapy to align your chakras. :)

I'm doing a long travel, I left my work where I was for 8 years to made a old dream become true. Travel the world, meet new people and places. I want to experience most new things is possible, enlarge my vision of the world. My passion and motivation is draw, I want to improve my art, study and meet another illustrators too. I was working with illustration for years, but now I'm doing my own comics.
My another passion is craft beer, I want to study to be a beer sommelier and brew my own beer someday. I'm writing about the craft beer of every country to a website about beers.
I began to do interview with woman who draw comics, if you know someone or a contac tI will be grateful!

My drawings:
https://makegoodartcomics.com/
My fan page in Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/makegoodart1/

My post about beer in Beercast:
http://www.beercast.com.br/programas/trips-beers-uruguai-por-katsumi-gushiken/

The website I'm part to interview woman who draw comics:
http://ladyscomics.com.br/

CURRENT MISSION

Travel world and know new cultures and people!

ABOUT ME

Hello, I'm Katsumi and want to make new friends and know another places.
I'm a very easy going person who like to have goods conversations.
My hobbies are arts, draw, movies and (of course) travel.
I like go out to pubs and restaurants. And love a beautiful beach too.
If you want know something about Brazilian culture or places, write me! =D

PHILOSOPHY

Not forget my inner-child.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Actually I'm travelling, so just being a guest for a while.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had guided some people in my town and joined the meetings and events of São Paulo Couchsurfing community. Now I'm traveling and meeting CSer for all places of the world.

Interests

Arts, Draw, Travel, Learn new language, Know other cultures, Visiting new places, Meet people, Craft Beer!

• arts
• culture
• writing
• illustrations
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• japanese food
• drinking
• pub crawls
• comics
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• drawing
• scuba diving
• languages
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm incredible addicted to reading!
Books: Lord of The Rings, Shadow of the Wind, The Portnoy Complex, 1984, Musashi, Of Mice and Men, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, American Gods, A Song of Ice and Fire, Crime and Punishment, The player number one, Pride and Prejudice and a lot.

Movies: Pulp Fiction, Psycho, Old Boy, Pan's Labyrinth.

Music: Indie rock.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Scuba in Okinawa (Japan) beaches and Rio da Prata in Bonito(Brazil). Visit Uyuni and the National Park Avaroa. Trekking Isla del Sol en Bolívia and Canyon Colca alone. Going to Machupichu. Is so many places I can't write here. But the most amazing thing I done was leaving my steady work and jump in a new style of life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach about Brazil, Portuguese language and basic Japanese language.
I want learn new languages and other cultures and improve my draw skills too.
I can talk about art and illustration and craft beer! :D

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm very passionate when I talk about art. I can draw you and your friends.
I can give a very good therapy with Reiki, acupressure and massage.
I'm a good cooker, I can cook some brazillian or japanese food.
I love to drink good beer and wine too, for me having great conversation having a drink is the best part of the travel.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Japan, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Japan

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