Hi this is Jimi. I studied fine art in Japan. currently gapping. mostly traveling by myself.
I enjoy reading, baking, exploring new places, and trekkking
Hope to make new friends and memories during my journey. (I always bring some gift with me when I depart).It’s You made it special!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

sometimes its better to not to stay at a hotel .
And you can make friends with different people isn’t it beautiful ?
And I always have a vision of a new type of family… “imagine all the people…”

Interests

Bouldering, playing chess , reading, watching movies, gardening, trekking, baking, studying new languages, visiting museums…

• arts
• crafts
• reading
• music
• backpacking
• languages
• food
• watching movies
• trekking
• museums

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Folk, Rock, alternative, Metro and city sounds from different countries,
Gorillaz, kikagaku moyo, Hi’spec, AMK, my little airport, Faye Wong, Taeko Onuki, Sigur Rós, Cocteau Twins, Pink Floyd, 发光曲线，朴树，Hikaru Utada，Ryuichi Sakamoto，No Party for Cao Dong, Enno Cheng, Alice Phoebe Lou …etc.

Movies:
Varda :Visages Villages , Sans toi ni Loi

Дом за вешање

Happy as Lazzaro

La Chimera

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Memoir of a Snail

Hytti nro 6

LOTR Trilogies

Tokyo Godfathers

Happyend by Neo Sora

etc.

Books:

『献灯使』多和田葉子
（“Kentoshi”
by Yoko Tawada）

“Broken April”
by Ismail Kadare

“Strait is the Gate”
by André Gide

“Il barone rampante”
（The Baron in the Trees）
by Italo Calvino

“The Left Hand of Darkness”
by Ursula K. Le Guin

“The Inner Side of the Wind, or The Novel of Hero and Leander”
by Milorad Pavić

La Pesanteur et la Grâce
by Simone Weil

Papeles falsos
By Valeria Luiselli

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

WWOOF - experienced permanent cultural at Takachiho-Miyazaki for one week. (In Japan)
Cycling the countryside in Dordogne area (in France)
Volunteering in a salvation army boys home, teaching English and Chinese to the children for one week. (In Indonesia, Bali)
Have a permit of boat’s operator (in Japan)
ABC trekking (in Nepal)
Camino de Santiago trekking for 100km in 4 days(Lugo - Santiago de Compostela) (in Spain)

Teach, Learn, Share

Chinese and Japanese, my artworks, some photos and travel stories we had before,other experiences etc.

What I Can Share with Hosts

The language we speak , food I made( also Chinese food), my photos in past,simple housework, teach you Chinese/Japanese…,talking about art and nature. Nature is always the best.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Monaco, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, Portugal