I'm a PhD student at Keio University, Tokyo. It's my fifth year living and studying in Japan. I also work part-time as a language teacher and interpreter/ translator.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love travelling, seeing new places and meeting new people. While in Japan, I try to travel around as much as possible to get acquainted with people from different prefectures and learn more about their lifestyle and heritage. I also very much enjoy hanging out with foreigners living/ studying/ working in Japan, they always have an awesome story to tell.
And Couchsurfing is an wonderful way to travel and meet new people.

Interests

I like travelling, outdoor activities, skiing, literature, art, painting, and languages.
I enjoy meeting and hanging out with new people and having a nice intelligent conversation with them.
At university I study Art History.

• culture
• books
• literature
• cooking
• traveling
• painting
• sports
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

I like Rock'n'Roll music (mostly old American and Australian bands, like AC/DC), and I also enjoy listening to some of the Japanese pop music.

I watch a lot of American and British tv series. I love 19-20th century classic American and English literature (Jack London, Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, etc.). I'm more or less well acquainted with Russian and Japanese classics. And I have a lot of favourites among modern literature, animation, manga, and light novels.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm always open to learn something new and I'm really happy when somebody wants me to teach them something I know.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I work part-time as a language tutor, so I could teach you some Russian, English or Japanese. And, of course, I can tell you a lot about Russian culture, its traditions and customs. Besides I can share my experience of living and studying in Japan. We can talk about travel, art, history, literature, languages.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Russian Federation