Hello! I’m Akari.
I was born and raised in Kumamoto City, and studied international relations in the suburbs of Tokyo for four years at university. After graduating, I traveled to Greece for about two months and sailed the Indian Ocean as a staff member of the Japanese Cabinet Office’s international youth program “Ship for World Youth Program (SWY)” and “Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Program (SSEAYP)”.
When I was 10 years old, I read the story “Anne of Green Gables” and wanted to live in Prince Edward Island, Canada, where the story is set. To make that dream come true, I went to Canada on a working holiday visa, lived in NL, then moved to PEI, and worked at a souvenir shop run by the author’s cousin’s family and as a tour guide. After the working holiday visa, I got a work visa and stayed in Canada for two and a half years.
After that, I returned to Japan and started my own business in 2017. Now I work as an online Japanese teacher, an English tour guide and tour coordinator, mainly introducing “off the beaten path” spots & artisans.
◆ My LinkedIn profile:
https://jp.linkedin.com/in/akarimurata
◆ Self introduction (30 sec)
https://youtu.be/t1vhaAL1DZg
◆ interview ( italki Japanese Teacher Journey)
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