“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
― Dale Carnegie

Interests

although I am passionate about visual arts and traveling, my interests are quite extensive. I am always curious to learn about new ways of looking at things.

• arts
• books
• film festivals
• cooking
• music
• hiking
• camping
• history
• volunteering
• cinema
• cultures
• people
• theatre
• activism
• techno
• london
• caving
• foreign languages
• environmentalism
• tribes
• japanese culture
• rainforests
• walks
• arhitecture

Music, Movies, and Books

books:
william faulkner - sound and fury
kafka - the trial; castle
marina tsvetaeva
vonnegut k. - breakfast for champions
walker a. - color purple
ken kesey - one flew over the cuckoo's nest
dostoyevsky - crime and punishment
salinger j. - catcher in the rye
zola - la bête humaine
de lillo d. - the white noise
baldwin j. - another country
joyce - ulysses
marina abramovic - walk through walls
knut hamsun - pan
lev tolstoy - war and peace
lermontov - the hero of our time
gertrude stein - paris france

music:
mazzy star
michael lightborne
slowdive
xlr8r
kedr livanskiy
oneohtrix
bon iver
krec
marie davidson
boards of canada
sigur ros
my bloody valentine
bruce
ghost in the space

films:
andrei tarkovsky - andrei rublev
/ mirror
/ stalker
ingmar bergman - persona
alejandro jodorowsky - endless poetry
vera chytilova - daisies
michelangelo antonioni - blow-up
luis buñuel - the exterminating angel
/ the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie
akira kurosawa - dreams
carl theodor dreyer - the passion of joan of arc
eldar ryazanov - the irony of fate, or enjoy your bath

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

took photographs of jungle tribes in east timor
survived in east timor
visited the andaman islands in India
walked northern camino de santiago in spain as a solo traveler
hiked to the everest base camp in nepal without a guide or sherpas
stayed at the refugee camp's village in Ethiopia
1-hour performance at the public market in okinawa, japan

Teach, Learn, Share

Currently I work on a number of cultural projects, and a part of my job and spare time hobby is exploring hidden gems of this beautiful city. I am here to help, share some knowledge, experience and spend time with those who are willing to get to know tokyo better.

I cannot host you, but I would love to meet you and take around the city whenever I have a spare time. Don’t hesitate to message me if you have a question!

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Japan, Poland, Russian Federation, Sweden, United States