CURRENT MISSION

to discover japan, its culture and arts!

ABOUT ME

my name is Simon and I'm 23 years and from Denmark. I live in Tokyo now where I am studying at Kunitachi College of Music for a year as a part of my master's degree. The main reason for being here in Japan is because there is some Japanese music that I admire very much and which is a constant source of learning, inspiration and enriching experiences, especially old traditional music such as the gagaku and a group of modern experimental musicians in tokyo who are not so easy to describe shortly. Music means a lot to me and art in general too, but I also very much enjoy just relaxed and plain, good company, food, walking about, discovering and learning new things of all kinds, talking, not talking and many other things as well I think. At the moment I am trying to slowly learn about the japanese Noh theatre because it is something I find tremendously fascinating!

PHILOSOPHY

hmm.. I will have to wait with this one

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have just recently joined CS, so I don't really know. I hope to be able to travel around in japan from time to time, when it is possible and I hope very much to be able to stay with some couchsurfers, since I think it is great opportunity to meet new people. Unfortunately, I live in a very tiny room in Tokyo, so I am not able to host any one at the moment.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't stayed with anyone yet, so the first experience is yet to come

Interests

music, poetry, painting, noh theatre, japanese culture and history,

• arts
• culture
• poetry
• concerts
• dining
• walking
• traveling
• painting
• music
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

danish poet Søren Ulrik Thomsen, Zeami Motokiyo's writings, gagaku, shomyo, korean court music, the chinese guqin, modern composition and improvised music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My first gagaku concert at the Tokyo National Theatre

Teach, Learn, Share

I spend time thinking about music, so here I could have some thoughts to share, though I still find it difficult to put into appropriate words - I would very much like to learn more about noh theatre or other parts of japanese culture