About Me

I am a Japanese female who used to see the world in geographic picture books during childhood. When I became a university student, I started traveling outside Japan islands — two months in Europe and a month in Asia. After working for several years, I left Japan and spent a year in the U.S. — San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and New York City. Recently I traveled in Australia. I live in Tokyo now, dreaming of my return to San Francisco.

I really enjoyed the diversity and the eccentricities of people in San Francisco, where I felt I was really able to be myself. When I walked down the street, I saw so many different people. I saw Asians, Hispanics, African-Americans, and Japanese people who looked like aliens with their hair dyed many colors. I saw hippies, tidy homeless people stroking beautiful cats, and grimy homeless people with shopping carts. I saw gays holding hands and lesbians kissing. I saw people in wheelchairs, people with mental illnesses, and suspicious people who exchanged money for something on the street. At night I saw a fat prostitute wearing a pink dress, standing next to her tiny manager who stood about the height of an elementary school student. I saw people from all walks of life, the rich and the poor. I loved it.