Hi! I’m Erika :)
I live in Tokyo (near Asakusa)
I studied art photography in university and worked for an advertisement company for several years.
Now I work at a pastry and cafe near Asakusa as a manager with university friends.

Kashiya shinonome
https://www.instagram.com/kashiya_shinonome/

My interest
Photography, Art(Especially contemporary art), pasty ,japanese northern tribal embroidery , japanese calligraphy, wild animals and dogs, japanese public bath (sento) ,classical guitar and movie

I’m person who loves share food with someone the most.
Why don’t we eat or cook something together if we are alone?

My photography works
http://eeeeeeeeerika630.wixsite.com/erika-ohashi-photo

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/eeeeeeeeerika630/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I tried "hangouts" when I travel in vietnam for searching for people who eat dinner with.
After that I'm big fan of doing this. It's sometimes much nicer to share experience with someone than alone.

Interests

• animals
• cooking
• indian food
• japanese food
• traveling
• knitting
• hunting
• wild camping
• weightlifting
• pastry
• cafe
• embroidery
• nature walks
• classical guitar
• self-sufficiency
• wild animals
• exotic food
• sento
• caligraphy
• bath
• bath house

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: La petit prince, Lame deer, The sound of waves, Getting Yes to yourself , Sapience
Movie: Tree of Life, Brokeback mountain, The Piano,Pan’s labyrinth,
Music:Classical guitar, John Tavener, Chet Baker, Marcin Dylla, Khatia Buniatishvili, Paco de Lucia, Glass Animals, James Blake, Gotye, Yves Montand, Jules Bastin

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Finding out that I have manic depression and dealing with that

Teach, Learn, Share

I love cooking and be passionate about leaning other country’s cooking.
I also can teach and share my tasty japanese home cooking and some pastry (my job).
And of course I can share my knowledge of japanese language and culture.
Especially I'm in to calligraphy and japanese northern tribal embroidery.d

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Denmark, India, Morocco, Netherlands, Spain, Taiwan, United States