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I’m from Japan, living in Denmark. I’ll travel Europe in summer 2025! I love art, nature, and to connecting with people and experiencing different ways of life☺️Please feel free to contact me!
Ma prochaine destination :
Denmark - du Mai 2025 au Jul 2025 Voir toutDescription
Hi! I’m Airi from Japan🇯🇵, currently based in Aarhus, Denmark🇩🇰
I love the solitude and gentle kindness I find in traveling. 🍀
From the summer of 2025, I’m excited to start traveling again through Workaway to discover new ways of living and working!
I’ll be starting from Denmark and plan to visit Finland, Norway, Ireland, Portugal, and Turkey.
I’m open to learning, sharing, and trying new things — and I’m looking forward to meeting you! 🌈
🛠️ Skills & Experience
🎨 Creative Arts
⚫︎ Painting, ceramics, flower arranging, and decoration
⚫︎ Built birdbaths and fountain sculptures using concrete
⚫︎ Textiles and recycled fashion projects
🧑🌾 Sustainability & Support
⚫︎ Gardening and farm work
⚫︎ Supporting children with special needs (ADHD, ASD, etc.)
🍣 Japanese Culture & Cooking
⚫︎ Making Japanese food, including sushi and homestyle dishes
⚫︎ Cooking both regular and vegetarian/vegan meals (my vegan sushi is amazing 😉)
✏️ Communication & Media
⚫︎ Editing, writing, and proofreading
⚫︎ Basic photo/video editing (Adobe tools) and social media promotion
I love small creatures like cats, insects, and birds 🐱🐞🐦⬛
✈️ Background
🇯🇵 In Japan, I worked as a picture book and magazine editor, and as a licensed elementary and junior high school teacher in Tokyo.
🇩🇰 In Denmark, I stayed at two folkehøjskoler and did Workaway at five different places, helping with children, art, farming, gardening, and more.
In 2025, I completed a one-year full-time course in Danish language and culture at a university in Aarhus and received a diploma.Centres d’intérêt
CampingPlageArts du spectacleCyclismeVégétarien ou véganDev. personnelPhotographieDev. durableÉcritureYoga / bien-êtreSoin des plantesAnimaux de compagnieActivités en plein airNatureMusiqueFilms et téléMontagneLanguesRandonnéeJardinageFermeÉvénements/vie socialeDessin et peintureBricolage / artisanatCultureCuisine et alimentationBénévolatLivresArt et designAnimauxLangues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Japonais: Courant
Danish: IntermédiairePlus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
My English is upper-intermediate level, so I realy would like to improve it! If you are interested in Japanese language and culture, please write to me! I was a teacher, so I have a patient:) and I was an editor, so I can handle quite sophisticated Japanese! ;)Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre
Ça m'intéresse :
Travail associatif
Projets artistiques
Langues
Éco-projets
Tenir compagnie à une pers. âgée
Jardinage
Bricolage et projets de construction
S’occuper des animaux
Aider dans une ferme
Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs
Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille
Aider à la maison
Accueil / tourisme
J'ai des connaissances :
Enseignement
Quelles sont vos compétences ?
Job Experience
📚Editor| March 2016 - September 2020
⚫︎ Edit picture books for children
⚫︎ Edit Special Needs Education Monthly Journals
🏫Teacher | September 2020 - August 2021
⚫︎ Teach children with developmental disabirity such as ADHD, ASD or LD
🏫Teacher | 2012 - 2014
⚫︎ Teach some subjects to children and take first place in National tournament for teacher
Volunteer experiences
🎨Art, gardening, and wall painting project – Bælum, Denmark (2025)
🪴Gardening and cooking support – Skanderborg, Denmark (2025)
🧑🌾Farm work – Bornholm, Denmark (2022)
👚Sewing clothes and daily household support – Skanderborg, Denmark (2022)
👧Support for children with special needs – Aarhus, Denmark (2022)
🏫Support staff at a free school – Roskilde, Denmark (2023)
⛷️Ski instructor for children – Japan (2013)
🏫Support elementary school teacher – Multiple schools in Japan (2012–2016)
Education
🌸2012 - 2016 | Japan Women's university
Bachelor’s Degree in Pedagogy
⚫︎ Licensed Elementary School Teacher
⚫︎ Licensed Junior High School Teacher (Social Studies)
🤝2021 | Egmont hejskolen
Clothes recycling, Permaculture, Leatherwork, Water sport
🏝️2022 | Bornholm hejskole
Ceramic, Art, Textiles, Knife making, Danish language
🇩🇰2024-2025 | VIA University College FIF-kurset
Danish language and culture (dansk niveau C1)
Travel experience
China, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Australia, HawaiiÂge
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Autres infos...
I lived in Tokyo for about 5 years but my hometown is country side of Kanagawa prefecture.
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Feedback
Airi has an amazing and positive energy and she is very self reliant. She is a steady worker and amazing cook <3 I am now truely inspired to cook japanese food :-)
From the bottom of my heart I can recommend Airi <3
Thank you so much - I look forward to we will meet again <3
From the first day, I felt completely relaxed and at ease, as if we had known each other for a long time!☺️🪷
I believe this was thanks to Kamilla’s open-minded and kind-hearted nature, and also because we both truly wanted to enjoy and make the… read more
She helped us with sewing capes for children in the after school daycare, where I sew things from my own free will fit the kids there.
She's very artistic and makes really beautiful art.
She liked to hang… read more
Our works depended on day to day.
After work I could enjoy spending time with her family or sightseeing on my own!
Thanks for the great time!!
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Feedback
Airi has an amazing and positive energy and she is very self reliant. She is a steady worker and amazing cook <3 I am now truely inspired to cook japanese food :-)
From the bottom of my heart I can recommend Airi <3
Thank you so much - I look forward to we will meet again <3
From the first day, I felt completely relaxed and at ease, as if we had known each other for a long time!☺️🪷
I believe this was thanks to Kamilla’s open-minded and kind-hearted nature, and also because we both truly wanted to enjoy and make the… read more
She helped us with sewing capes for children in the after school daycare, where I sew things from my own free will fit the kids there.
She's very artistic and makes really beautiful art.
She liked to hang… read more
Our works depended on day to day.
After work I could enjoy spending time with her family or sightseeing on my own!
Thanks for the great time!!