CURRENT MISSIONS

Making my new projects of Japanese traditional Sumi-e art and modern painting with different skills, and introducing fresh impression to the world.

In Paris, I have exhibitions of ink artist association called “link of ink”.
Making art project with one French artist to make something totally new “water and fire art!
Another art project of japanese traditional art live painting with my Japanese pianist friend who lives in Paris.

This spring to summer, I am making exhibitions, live painting performance and workshops in Europe and stay in France.

New project “Sharing Japanese sensitive power in the world ” through making presentations of Japanese art /music/literature/theater art performance/physical therapy(acupuncture)/beauty/pottery/tea ceremony, shares the idea of harmony, cooperative, caring others, different way of thinking etc...

ABOUT ME

Basically I am living near Tokyo, but moving very often when i need.

When I stay in my house, i'm happy to have friends/surfers coming over in my place and share all the things if people knows respectation!

I travel a lot in the world. It's my best pleasure because I can feel very free and get full of inspiration when I go to new places I want!

my interests are art and music. (most favorite is piano. It's always giving me peace.)

my work is Sumi-e artist which is traditional japanese art for traditional tea houses.
I work at home as my art studio.

people saids i'm motivative, curious, artistic and having good smile!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meeting interesting people and places. I want to see the reality of life anywhere I go, even if I'm just traveling or visiting.

So I can find more things to respect and learn about other cultures and philosophies which is much better way to go around to see...that I believe.

Interests

I love trekking in the mountains, and going to the ocean.

Enjoying swimming the most in my life as sport, and just started skiing for winter sport last few years at last.

I used to keep a horse in Yonaguni island of Okinawa, so loving horse back riding too.

I also love dancing and reading books.

Most of the time, I spend painting in my work, and sometimes doing Yoga for relaxing.

Running almost everyday after work. I always wanted to have done, but it never happened last few years...then finally I succeed now!

I go to mountains very often and stay there for few days to trek and camping and cooking in the pure nature!

I love to talk with people about their life including philosophy, religion, travel experience, art etc.
Meeting new interest is one of my best hobby, so please contact me if you have good feeling about me after you read my profile.

• arts
• culture
• books
• performing arts
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• japanese food
• yoga
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• classical music
• piano
• camping
• skiing
• swimming
• languages
• religion
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• forests
• horse riding
• jungle
• desert
• museum
• waterfalls
• museums
• bicycling
• galleries
• ski
• water skiing
• ruins
• islands
• hotsprings
• yoga and meditation
• mountain trekking

Music, Movies, and Books

All kind of Woody allen movies (manhattan, midnight in Paris),
Wong Kar Wai (In the mood for love),
Ghiburi movies (Joe Hisaishi music),
Spike Jonze movies (Her and robot stuff I forgot the title...),
classics (Sati, Shostakovich, Chopin, Liszt, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Debussy),
Post classics(Max Richter)
Japanese techno&Jazz(sakanaction, Sotaisei riron, Shinichi Osawa, perfume, ego-swappin’),
Vossa nova(Lisa Ono is my favorite...)
Ernest hemmingway(old man and sea; the animation movie is amazing),
Thomas Mann(magic mountain),
Antoine Saint-Exupéry,
Taro Okamoto

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

First travelling by myself in my senior year of high school, it took me to Sahara Desert in the end, and i saw stars at night in perfect darkness.
(I can still imagine those stars clearly when I close my eyes almost every night before going to sleep)

Seeing Everest snow mountains after i trekked Himalayan mountains 5000m high in Nepal.

Spending over night at the most important church for Christmas Eve in Larivera, Ethiopia. Hitchhiking on the way by bus broken accident.

Working at kibbutz called baram in Isreal and knowing the reality of what I am, actually the country itself was pretty peaceful, and met a lot of different kind of people. Some of them are still good friends in all over the world.

Trekking in Patagonia and camping for few weeks. It was the first and last time I was totally lost on my way and did wild camping by the lake which is the middle of no where!(then 2 new American friends I met on the way lost their tent by strong wind, and we had to share my small tent for three...) but we survived at last!

Morning yoga in small village of middle of no where in India. I still don't know where was the place exactly. But I could feel strong breath of the earth! My yoga teacher from that village is my first female Indian friend too.

Meeting one millioner in small island of philliphine and he put my name on one of his several islands and told me I can have one:)

On the way to Europe, I missed my connect flight in Dubai because I slept over on the seat of waiting room deeply more than I expected, so I had to stay till next flight after 3 days. Then when I checked in one hotel in down town, somebody called my name from behind of me. That bell boy was a friend I met in Nepal 3 months ago. And He just moved in Dubai for working in last month. So he helped me a lot and introduced all his coworkers, and it was a lot of fun in the end.

Hitchhiking from
Tottori to Fukuoka of Japan.
Many Japanese drivers were surprised because they haven't seen any one doing hitchhiking in general. All of them were very kind, interesting and fun people, so I highly recommend to travel by hitchhiking in Japan (it's much fun if you can speak in Japanese!)

Traveling in turkey by Couchsurfing, meeting amazing hosts and finding out great hospitality spirits and beautiful mind.

Mountains in Caucasus.
Walk around everywhere and got to know pure beautiful mountains, lakes and villages there.

Sleeping in the top of Mt.Aragats in Almenia with only sleeping bag out side, surrounded by abandoned post Soviet Union observatory(?) .
There are so many shooting stars in once, and it was very another world.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can give you some informations about good place to go in the world I've been and ofcourse in Japan, especially Okinawa and Kyushu area where I lived in my life.

I can show Japanese art what I make and teach if you want.

Let's share nice music, books, art, experiences and new languages.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Several stories from my own experience of traveling in the world,
knowledge of Japanese art philosophy and technics,
sharing the good time and space to find out what is the most comfortable for each other.
I'm good house keeping in general, so I'll be happy to help your homework:)
Creative cooking.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, San Marino, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, Japan, Mexico, United States