Open-minded, easy-going and optimistic! Enjoy learning new things and challenging myself.
Vegan, usually a health nut but enjoy an occasional greasy veggie burger. Trying to save the planet from plastic, which is very hard to do in Japan

Studied for 2 years in St.Petersburg State University, the department of Asian and Oriental studies, then got the MEXT scholarship and moved to Japan. Currently a student of Tokyo University. Traveled a lot around Japan, and also doing a part-time job at a Tourist Center, so I probably know more about touristy stuff than an average Japanese

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing rocks! Surfed twice in Europe and stayed with 3 hosts in Japan, Kansai region. Only great experiences so fat

Interests

Can't live without music and foreign languages (which are practically music to me)
Love jazz, soul, funk, hip-hop.
Doing yoga, occasionally run, into hiking/swimming/skating/roller blading - whatever makes me go outside and move
Love vegan cooking

• cooking
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• skydiving
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Jazz, Soul, 60-s
Any movie that stays on your mind for some time or make you think a bit more
Books - a n y t h i n g really. The latest favorites - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Playing ukulele sitting on the roof of the University building
Riding a bike through the Shibuya scramble crossing
Skydiving
Doing yoga while watching the sun rise over Angkor Wat

What I Can Share with Hosts

Anything about Tokyo and Japan in general

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan