CURRENT MISSION

Studying English lit. in Oxford for one year-- to travel through time and space through books and also on foot

ABOUT ME

Japanese-American. I love food, (Japanese and Indian are my favorite), good music, listening to people and learning about the world.

PHILOSOPHY

Love

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment, I am in limited, university housing, and so am unable to host. However, once I return to Boston and get settled, I would love to welcome people to my home. In the meantime, I can show visiting couchsurfers a bit of Oxford or even just go for tea together :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first couchsurfing experience was in France. I was not an official member yet and was accompanying my friend who is a couchsurfing enthusiast. I was so impressed by the kindness of our hosts and the concept of couchsurfing, and so became increasingly interested in joining the community. Couchsurfing: learning about different cultures firsthand and making friends all over the globe--what is there not to love? I would be delighted to meet with more couchsurfers here in Oxford and in my travels!

Interests

Cooking, Literature (particularly British literature), Music, Global Affairs

• books
• literature
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• piano
• violin
• nursing

Music, Movies, and Books

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, La Dolce Vita, also BBC dramas

Classical---Bach is my main man!! and also French impressionist--Ravel, and jazz, Bossa Nova, and some pop (i like anything if it's real gooood)

George Herbert, Carson McCullers, Endo Shusaku

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Duomo in Milano. Amazing!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can speak Japanese...hmm, I can also cook, play the piano, violin, and pipe organ...I also am very interested in midwifery, childbirth and reproductive health issues and so read up on that quite a bit as I hope to become a nurse-midwife. yay!

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Italy, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United Kingdom, United States

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