Kumiko OHARA

Language: English

Profile:

・Italian (conversational level) 

・former airline flight attendant

・kimono consultant, wine sommelier

​・horseback riding,  scuba diving, skiing

Akemi YAEGASHI

Language: English

Profile:

・Bonseki teacher

・Japanese language teacher

・former English speed reading teacher

Hobbies/sports/interests:

・strolling around towns

Tsuneji NAKAMURA

Language: English

Profile:

・sales rep for OA equipment company

Hobbies/sports/interests:

・mountain climbing,  soccer, history

Shoko YOSHII

Language: English

Profile:

・former curator of Yasushi Inoue Literary Museum
・teacher at  an English conversation school

Toshi FUJINO

Language: English

Profile:

・former copy editor of Business & Financial News

Hobbies/sports/interests:

・singing gospel music

・soccer, rugby and bikes

Tomoko OKI

Language: English, Italian

Profile:

・former tour conductor

・loves wearing traditional kimono 

・mother of a teenager daughter

​・has lived in Italy

June TSUCHIYA

Language: English

Profile:

・former English teacher for children

・has lived in the US and Australia

​・cat and animal lover

​・a mother of five children

Kiyoko NAKAMURA

Language: English

Profile:

・former hospitality and food service worker

Hobbies/sports/interests:

​・hiking,  oil painting, cooking

・history, Buddhism, art and food​

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Yosuke TAKASHIMA

Language: English

Profile: Part-time network engineer, renewable energy designer

Hobbies/sports/interests: 

・Playing the piano in a jazz combo. 

・Swimming, hiking, jogging. 

・History of Roman Empire. Traditional Japanese paintings.