CURRENT MISSION

Dancing with others and developing new woodworking skills.

ABOUT ME

You can track me by my guffaw. (yes, I have a very loud abrupt laugh that echoes for a radius of about 100ft)
At least that is what I am told every single day.

I am an educator and woodworker, currently based at a crafts school in northeastern Minnesota, called North House Folk School.

I speak Japanese fluently and can speak very basic Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and French.

PHILOSOPHY

Curiosity is life.
-found it inside a fortune cookie.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love hosting people when I'm living in one place, and going to CS gatherings in different communities!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In college I went on a road trip and we couchsurfed the whole way. From San Diego to Memphis we had an incredible array of hosts and many many many wonderful and interesting experiences. People were so generous--it really blew me away. I realized that this needed to be part of my life, so here I am.

Interests

I love dancing, woodworking, organizing dance nights, cooking for others, wood turning, Scandinavian and Japanese woodworking and design, cross country skiing, canoeing in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota, and staying in touch with old friends.

• dancing
• cooking
• running
• boating
• woodworking
• music
• cycling
• volleyball
• cross-country skiing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Amadou and Miriam! JJ Cale, top 40s dance/pop music, Beyonce, Nigerian pop, John Prime...the list goes on

Books: Fun Home, Homegoing, Mary Oliver's poetry

Movies: The Endurance, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Happy People

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have been to Hell and back. Or "jigoku" rather. When I was around 10, my family and I went on a weekend trip to a hot spring in northern Japan and right next to our inn was a sulfur spewing smoking ashy white landscape that we hiked around. In Japanese it was called "Hell."

What I Can Share with Hosts

I know lots of different crafts & Japanese! Crafts include...woodcarving, nalbinding, Japanese calligraphy...and more!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, China, Costa Rica, France, Ireland, Kenya, Laos, Mexico, Peru, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States

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