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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!
My next destination:
Finland - from Jul 2025 until Aug 2025 View all
Description
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’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.)
⚫︎ Taking care of small animals
🍣 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 of Danish language and culture at a university in Aarhus and received a diploma.
Interests
Camping
Beach
Performing arts
Cycling
Vegetarian or vegan
Self development
Photography
Sustainability
Writing
Yoga / Wellness
Plant care
Pets
Outdoor activities
Nature
Music
Movies & TV
Mountain
Languages
Hiking
Gardening
Farming
Events & social
Drawing & painting
DIY & crafts
Culture
Cooking & food
Charity work
Books
Art & design
Animals
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Japanese: Fluent
Danish: IntermediateMore details about my language interests
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! ;)
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Charity Work
Art Projects
Languages
Eco Projects
Being an elderly companion
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Life at a Farmstay
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Some knowledge of:
Teaching
More details about your skills
Job experiences
📚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
🪵Gardening project - Vihti, Finland (2025)
🎨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 højskolen
Clothes recycling, Permaculture, Leatherwork, Water sport
🏝️2022 | Bornholms højskole
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, Hawaii
Age
32
What else ...
I lived in Tokyo for about 5 years but my hometown is country side of Kanagawa prefecture.
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Special dietary requirements
Feedback
Merja and Tero are good at creating an atmosphere where everyone feels comfortable, open, and connected🌈
In the summer of 2025, we became a big family with them and seven Workawayers!
We spent a truly intense… read more
Two weeks felt far too short, and it was truly hard to say goodbye…
I had been living in Denmark for a while before staying at their place, and I’m so grateful that I got to do a… read more
In only two weeks Airi did a big bathtub for the birds made in concrete (she worked tirelessly during the weekend to get it done) and she designed a beautiful mural too. On top of that she also had the time to help weeding in the… read more
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
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Feedback
Merja and Tero are good at creating an atmosphere where everyone feels comfortable, open, and connected🌈
In the summer of 2025, we became a big family with them and seven Workawayers!
We spent a truly intense… read more
Two weeks felt far too short, and it was truly hard to say goodbye…
I had been living in Denmark for a while before staying at their place, and I’m so grateful that I got to do a… read more
In only two weeks Airi did a big bathtub for the birds made in concrete (she worked tirelessly during the weekend to get it done) and she designed a beautiful mural too. On top of that she also had the time to help weeding in the… read more
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!!
