Hi. My name is Rebecca and I am from Newcastle, Australia. This is about 2 hours from Sydney. I work in recruitment and my husband, Chris is a psychologist. We have an adorable black pug named Mojo who is spoiled and is treated like a child, not just by us but by our parents and siblings as well. My husband and I are going to Japan in November this year and we have been learning Japanese during our commute to work. We are staying with a family in Tokyo and want to be able to speak conversational Japanese so that we can communicate with our host family and experience as much of the culture as we can during our stay. We love Japanese food, Manga, Anime and want to experience as much of the Japanese culture and way of life as we can while we are there. We are looking for friends who speak Japanese, either native speakers who want us to help them learn English or English speakers fluent in Japanese, who are living in Japan and want to converse in English as well as help us develop our Japanese. We are happy with on line friendship but would also be open to meeting you if you live in or near Tokyo. We would also be happy to Skype if you are comfortable with this. Hope to hear from you soon :-)