I'm a chef living in Zushi, Kanagawa where is 1 hour from Tokyo and next to Kamakura.

-Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/takoshiho/

NOTE
-Hosting : not available for now
-My husband who works for an IT company and I mostly work from home.
-We have a baby boy born in November, 2022, so we prefer to meet up you in daytime.

I used Couchsurfing a lot as a traveler when I did my world solo trip for exploring food cultures in 2019.
I met so many amazing people during the trip through Couchsurfing.

San Francisco → Peru → Morocco → South Spain → Stockholm → London → Spain (again) → France → Italy → Tunisia → Italy (again) → Greece → Israel → Georgia → Turkey → Sri Lanka

Now, it's time to give this appreciation back to the world. I'm sure communicating with travelers is good for our baby too.

We as a family are very calm. We always love to learn new cultures by meeting and talking with people. Hopefully we can mutually benefit from us crossing paths.

I apperently love to cook and share it with people. I make cooking videos and upload on YouTube besides I take care of my baby son.

-YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/@TakoshihoCooksJapan

I love a Japanese flower arrangement called "Ikebana"and tea ceremony, too. I can have a workshop of ikebana if you are interested in. Just let me know.

https://takoshiho.tumblr.com/flowers

My husband loves music. He plays a jazz guitar, and he goes to a jazz session sometimes. We love to listen jazz, funk, soul, RnB.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We love to talk about culture with you.

I used Couchsurfing a lot as a traveler when I did my world solo trip for exploring food cultures in 2019. I would love to stay at local poeple's house rather than staying at hostels because you know why.

Interests

• arts
• culture
• cooking
• flowers
• music
• history
• religion
• nature
• museums
• tea ceremony
• yoga and meditation

Music, Movies, and Books

Jazz, funk, soul

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I stayed at a zen temple for a month in Nara, Japan when I was 24. That was a definitely a life-changing experience. Waking up on 3:30am, chanting a Buddhist sutra for 1 hour, meditate for 40 mins, eat organic vegan food, cleaning thoroughly over and over everyday. I learned a lot from the experience.

I did a world solo trip from August to December in 2019. I met a lot of amazing people and had so much memorable experiences. I used CouchSurfing and Workaway (Italy, Israel, Sri Lanka) most of the time.

Teach, Learn, Share

-To tell the beauty of Japanese culture and food if you 'd love to try.

Workshops
- Japanese cooking

- If you are interested in learning a flower arrangement, I can get flowers in advance. I will charge you 3000 yen. Feel free to tell me.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, France, Georgia, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Peru, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States