hey there!

My name is Tina and I am a 21year old girl from Germany. I am doing an exchange year right now here in Japan and I will stay till sommer 2019! I want to learn more about the people and the culture here, but of course I also want to improve my Japanese :)
I started studying Japanese two years ago in University, but the main reason I did so, was because I already went to Japan in 2016 for 3months and that was the time I realised I wanted to learn more about this interesting country :) I went to all of the island exept of Okinawa and Shikoku, I really want to that this year :)
I first got in touch with Japanese Pop-culture like anime and manga, but I soon realised that there is so much more to explore.

I would consider myself as open minded and energetic.
But I also need a lot of alone time, so it is very hard to balance things out sometimes, but I try to do the things that make me happy!

I also joined the japanese archery (kyudo) club at university this year, cause I wanted to try traditional sport while I am here.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Even though I am quite bussy with university and studying, I want to meet new people here in Japan and learn about their points of view on Japanese culture.

Interests

• arts
• photography
• cooking
• breakfast
• anime
• painting
• drawing
• sports
• bycicle

Music, Movies, and Books

Shutter Island
Hunger Games (books&movies <3)
Die Bücherdiebin
Daytime shootingstar

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I also did WOOFING tow years ago and stayed with 3 Japanese families which were very kind! I can recommend this to anyone who wants to travel around with a low budget and learn about the everyday life in that country :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Well i can Cook/bake a bit :D and I can show you traditional egg for german breakfast ( it is very very special :D)

I like taking pictures, but I am still not that good, so if you have some tipps for me, please share them with me! :D

Countries I’ve Visited

England, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Spain, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany