Hiya, I'm a 21 year old art student travelling around Japan for a month with my best-friend Arabella Turner.

We are both easy-going, bubbly, enthusiastic girls who are very interested in Japanese culture. I grew up in Hong Kong from when I was 2 years old to 9, then moved back to London, and have always had a love for this area of the world. I am an illustrator and my best-friend is a film-maker/writer, so we are both very excited to be inspired by the beautiful country. We've been saying we both wanted to go to Japan together since we were little, and finally it's happening.

I am really interested in anything environmental/sustainable, and I do this in my university degree.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We were recommended to use couch surfing by many friends.

I'm excited because it's a really good way get a much richer understanding of Japan, rather than just doing more obvious tourist things - as well as meeting cool people that we might not have met otherwise.

I also really really want to learn about cooking Japanese food, so this is the best place to do so.

Interests

• arts
• interior design
• graphic design
• music festivals
• japanese food
• gardening
• drawing
• music
• live music
• electronic music
• mountains
• traditional food
• forests
• different cultures
• bees
• illustration
• botanical gardens
• gardens
• style
• urban gardening
• life drawing

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite music:
Japanese disco, groovy house, African disco, jazz, blues... The list goes on

Favourite movies:
Pom Poko, Fargo, American Beauty, Wallace and Gromit, Factory Girl, Vicky Christina Barcelona, The Royal Tenenbaums, Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro... Actually just all Studio Ghibli, and I absolutely love cartoons

Favourite books:
I'm really into graphic novels, such as Maus, Persepolis and Howl, as well as books like Brave New World

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went sky diving with my family one Sunday afternoon. While everyone else was normally having a Sunday lunch, we we're there jumping out of an airplane and parachuting down. It was amazing!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Arabella and I are both fun and friendly guests, who are interested in everything Japanese. We both really enjoy art, live music, electronic music, books, clothes and especially food - and we can share all of these with you. I'm excited!

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Croatia, Portugal, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hong Kong