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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!
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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.
Intereses
Acampada
Playa
Artes escénicas
Ciclismo
Vegetariano o vegano
Autodesarrollo
Fotografía
Sostenibilidad
Escritura
Yoga / bienestar
Cuidado de plantas
Mascotas
Actividades al aire libre
Naturaleza
Música
Películas y televisión
Montaña
Idiomas
Senderismo
Jardinería
Agricultura
Eventos y sociedad
Dibujo y pintura
Bricolaje y manualidades
Cultura
Cocina y alimentación
Trabajo de caridad
Libros
Arte y diseño
Animales
Idiomas
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Japonés: Fluido
Danish: IntermedioMás información sobre tus intereses idiomáticos
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! ;)
Habilidades y conocimientos que quiero compartir o aprender
Me interesa:
Trabajo de caridad
Proyectos artísticos
Idiomas
Proyectos ecológicos
Compañía para ancianos
Jardinería
Proyectos de construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de animales
Vida en una granja
Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Hostelería/turismo
Ciertos conocimientos de:
Enseñanza
Que habilidades tienes?
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
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I lived in Tokyo for about 5 years but my hometown is country side of Kanagawa prefecture.
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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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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!!
