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  • 116 references 75 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Japanese; learning English, Spanish
  • 45, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • TV station
  • graduated University
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Change the world(less suffer, more peace!)as much as I can!!! ;)

Visit all the countries on this earth before I die!!!

Prove the fact which you can travel with not much money through my this Couchsurfing and hitchhiking world journey! Traveling is beautiful! This is the one of the way to make world peace. I want to change the way most of the people think traveling need lots of money. Also I'm anti-capitalism. I want to aweare the people this doubt, "Firstable, We need MONEY to live or whatever you want to do something..." is totally brainwashed by capitalism society. They create and try to make us to believe it strongly. I think, Fist things we need to think is "How to make it happen from which we already have?"
I try to not depend on money to control my life. That is the one of the big reason to keep traveling with hitchhike and also environmental issue as well.

Make people smile and happy! Promote my PRECIOUS hometown KOCHI Japan to all over the world!!! ;)

*Note who going to host me or surf with me*
I take time to write reference usually because I need to choose words but I will write within 2 weeks before expier the limit for leave the reference on CS. So please don't ask me to write a "good" reference or reference over and over. I'm really getting tired of this situation. I'm not doing CS for correcting references. For me is more important real connection not only what we write on references. Thank you.

ABOUT ME

I'm adventurous and curious Japanese woman! I love Japanese culture sooooooo much X)I'm proud of our Japanese culture! I took Japanese tea ceremony,flower arrengement,dram,dance,archery,Noh play calsses :)
and I was a imitation MAIKO(an apprentice geisha€œ)for just taking photo with tourist.
I love to try and learn new things!I'm interested in learn differnt launguages and different cultures. and I love to meet new people sooooo much!!! :)

I still haven't learn many things. So I want to learn more from everything!!! before I die. haha :)

I was in Australia(Sydney) & Canada(Victoria) for a year with working holiday visa :)

Recent travel
2013
Traveling with big boat(ship) which called 'peace boat' (NGO) through all over the world for 3months and half.

2014
South east Asia backpacking for 5 months.

2014-2015
Europe backpacking for 5 months.

2015-2016
Taking Montessori course in Japan

2017 - Now(I'm still keep traveling ;))
I was in Denmark as a student(Folkehøjskole) from January to the end of June 2017 then after finish this school I started travel again! (Till now and still I'm keep going! ;))
I want to visit all the countries on this earth before I die!!!😤😤😤😉

I'm trying to find out how to help early childhood development better way right now! I got a license 'International Montessori teacher for 0-3 years old' 2015! But I think I'm not going to be a teacher for children, I'm going to be a teacher for parents. I'm going to start something by myself after this trip to help early childhood development! Now I'm thinking build a community in my hometown! ;) So I want to see what kind of environment children have and how they grow in all over the world and also how to communicate in a family in different countries! Hope to meet many people and families especially who has little one as much as I can through this travel and learn more from them for my mission!!! ;)

PHILOSOPHY

Business is not just about making money! I believe that business can help to make the world a better place!!! -Anita Roddick-

Peace begins with me! (Ho ponopono)

May all people be free from misery. May they enjoy real peace, real harmony, real happiness.
May all beings be happy!!!

- S.N. Goenka

I think(hope?!)... Everyone has the mission for own life!!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

This is the best way to know, to travel, to meet people around the world!!!

Interests

Human,religion,culter,language,traveling,LIFE!!!

  • culture
  • education
  • walking
  • traveling
  • archery
  • business
  • communications
  • ecology
  • languages
  • religion
  • hitchhiking
  • life
  • permaculture
  • meeting people
  • biking
  • family
  • community
  • alternative education
  • montessori
  • anti-capitalism
  • vipassana meditation
  • moneyless

Music, Movies, and Books

Book : "Memory of Gaisha" "One straw revolution" "The aicent path"
Music : Beatls,Stevie Wonder,Monkey majik,Tahiti80,Rachel Yamagata,Jack Johnson,Fiona Apple,The mamas and papas,
Abba,GipsyKings,CaroleKing,Sugashikao,Sukimaswitch,LOVEPSYCHEDELICO,BonniePink
Movie : "Ai wo kow hito"(Japanese movie) "Before sunset", "The last station" "The Beginning of Life"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My hometown(Island?!)SHIKOKU has 88 temples! I walked the 88 temples pilgrimage around 1200km for around 2months.This was such a great experience for me.I learned a lot from that!!! I met many different kind of people and got different experiences.I met many warm people in this trip.I learned a lot from this trip!!!

I climbed Mt. Fuji which is highest mountain in Japan 3560m from the night and get to the top in the morning then watched sunrise from there! It was amazing experience!!! :)

I went across the Canada by myself used Greyhound bus pass for 1month and half! It was great experience!!! ;)

I love hitchhiking! ;)
My first long distance hitchhike in oversea
•Groningen Netherland to Paris France! (short distance in Thai before) After that, hitchhike become one of the common transportation :)

In Japan I did quite many hitchhikes!

I love biking! ;)
I made a bike trip🚴 from Osaka to Mie (around 150km one way) for one day in Japan for helping my friend's farmer's market! Then of course I biked home again! ;)

I made bike trip to back my hometown Kochi from Nara (around 600km)! ;)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Japanese and Japanese culter,I can share everything which I have(expriences,thinking...etc)I want to learn about everything as much as I can!!!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can make 'matcha'(Japanese green tea which is served Japanese tea ceremony) for you! :)
I can try on you Yukata(Casual Japanese summer Kimono)! :) (but I bring with me just for woman but if you wish I still try on you that even if you are man! ;))

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Myanmar, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, Denmark, Japan

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