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【Aug 14 2015】
Hi! I'm just backed to japan from a travel !
【Jul 6 2015】
Hi! I'm just backed to japan from a travel !

Hello! Kon-nichi-wa こんにちは!

I'm a 30+ years old Japanese female.

I really love to travel abroad and have been to many countries.

I like handcrafts, art, lovely illustrations, movies, walking, reading, singing, cats, dogs, exotic animals and many things.

I'm studying English and Chinese (Mandarin).

I welcome to receive your messages written in English, 日本語 and easy 中文 !

I hope we can send / get nice items each other !

I will be glad any gifts that you select for me,

but if you need ideas for choosing, please look at the following !

【 All Food 】

I can eat and drink any food !

I don't have any allergies.

I will appreciate you, if you use a plastic bag or a zip-lock-bag for packing in the envelope / parcel, to protect from rain and snow.

I dislike flavor of cinnamon except for Chai tea( Indian spicy tea ), and salmiakki / licorice / liquorice.

I would like to try any tastes else !

I like

【 TEA 】

• Black、Green, Chinese, Chai ( Indian spicy tea) , any kinds of tea !
• also flavor tea ( fruity, white, mint ... except for cinnamon flavor )
• printed lovely illustrations or characters on tea packages
• from Finland: NORDQVIST Muumin
• from Malaysia: BOH TEA
• from Spain: Te con miel

【 Chocolate 】

• Milk > Dark
• Air-In Type (filled with bubbles of air)
• White Chocolate
• Nuts, Caramel, Fruity, ..., anything love!
• The best chocolate I love is "air-in type white chocolate with strawberry" !!
• from Estonia: Kalev
• from Europe: Milka, Happy Hippo
• from Hawaii, USA: Hawaiian Host
• from USA: slim fast Snack Bars , Protein Meal Bars

【 All / Other Sweets & Food 】

• Coffee ( holic! The best is mocha with milk, no sugar.)
• Salty snacks
• Tastes of strawberry and cherry
• Tastes of yogurt
• Hot / Cold chocolate, cocoa
• Gummi candy ( like HARIBOs, but I can buy and get them in my country )
• Soft candy
• HARIBO MAOAM
• Jelly Belly
• from Indonesia: Ting Ting Jahe Ginger Candy
• from Thailand: PRETZ Larb Flavor, Koh-Kae, Durian chips(salty)
• from The Philippines and Spain: Polvoron
• from CA, USA: See's CANDIES
• from USA: slim fast Snack Bars/Protein Meal Bars

【 Postcards / Greeting cards / Note cards 】

【 stationery (memo-pads, stickers, Post‐it, shaped clips, rubber stamps, deco tapes, masking tapes = washi tapes, etc) 】

【 materials for handcrafts 】

【 everythings 】

I like

• GREMLINS ( movie by Steven Spielberg )
• illustrations > photos
• colorful
• animals : dog ( especially Shih Tzu シーズー犬 & Shiba 柴犬 ), cat, panda, alpaca, llama, camel, local exotic animals
• lovely illustrations
  ( like Brian Wildsmith, Disney×Pixar esp. aliens from Toy Story, Jetoy choo choo, ドラえもん DORAEMON, くまのがっこう the bears' school, and other cute or funny characters )
• design of airmails , airplanes, airports, the earth, traveler's things ✉✈✈✈💌
• design of stars ✩✰✪★☆✫
• lotus flower 蓮花
• art, Nouvelles Images, Wanderlust USA, Blythe doll
• national costumes and accessories
• handcraft, traditional embroidery

and so on ...

I don't prefer

• view photo ( scenery, landscapes, monuments, city, town or buildings ) cards
• ad / free / old cards
• NOT high quality of handmade / self printed cards ( welcome very nicely cards )

I will appreciate you, if you use a plastic bag or a zip-lock-bag for packing in the envelope / parcel, to protect from rain and snow. 　

I don't like things that are smell of smoke.

RATING

If you haven't received my swap stuffs around 6 weeks after end-date,

or

If you plan to rate me 1 or 3 ,

please PM or e-mail me BEFORE RATING.

I ALWAYS send my all swaps, and record them before that time.

If you have not gotten something, it has been lost.

Please let me know, and I will be glad to ask the postal service of Japan for the inquiry and re-send you .

Thank you ! ありがとう Arigato !

【Rating 1】 I have NOT received anything from

@TaylorRae from USA for ＊100% Washi Sample L 2, April 13, 2015
@areyes50 from USA for Pretty Washi tape samples swap! #1, Jan 5, 2015
@gustashe from Canada for Secret Santa #3, Nov 12, 2014

【Rating 3】 I have not received enough items from

@Lumona from Finland for Small International Candy Swap, Feb 7, 2015

I could send new partners for private swaps now, only......

• Postcards
• Washi tapes
• KitKat Japanese version ( Matcha/GreenTea, Strawberry, etc )

If you would like to do a private swap with me, please send me a message in simple English for non-native and write clearly

• what things you want to receive from me
• what things you can send me
• why you choose me.

I'm afraid that I can't reply to non clear messages.

I'm sorry but I don't need a one-time swap, I mean I want to be your long‐term swap pal. We can get to know our favorites each other by repeat swaps with same partners.

If you would like to be my snail-mail penpal, now I'm looking for only

• Female
• my generation (about 37-40 years old)
• Letter pal : Japanese speaker (include beginning learner にほんごを べんきょう ちゅう の ひと, and 海外在住の日本人 )
• Postcard pal : English, Japanese or/and Chinese speaker

I'm looking forward to hear from you.💖💖