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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Playing a small part in building a better world.
ABOUT ME
I'm trainning to be a kind of development instractor in IICD now. IICD is tranning and sending many volunteers to do development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. Me and may team mates (we are seven) are going to Africa in this August,we are gonna be there for 6 months. I'm going to Kaoma in Zambia, my project is HIV/AIDS prevention. Before I joined this development program, I have been worked in Tokyo for 3 years and half. My old company is manufacturing and selling machines(ovens and special refrigerators) for bakery, also importing ovens from Germany, shock freezer from Denmark. I engaged in the import business.
PHILOSOPHY
All for one, one for all.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I don't have rooms which accommodate now because I'm living a dorm. and sharing a room with my room mate, but I would like to host to people from all over the world after I come back to my country (Japan).
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
My school (IICD) sends teams to many states along the Eastern side of the U.S., so each of the teams are scheduled to go to two weeks fundraising trips four times during our training period ( six months). Our team, we have done three trips, me and my team mates got accommodations in Providence, D.C., Richmound, NJ, NY with Couchsurfing.
Interests
Traveling, Music, Reading, Cooking, Swimming, Snowboarding, Studying English and international relation, eating good food and sunbath.
- dining
- cooking
- reading
- traveling
- music
- snowboarding
- swimming
- business
Music, Movies, and Books
Whatever moves me is what I like.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
One of the most amasing thing in my life is having nephews and nieces. I have three nephews and two nieces, I will have one more niece soon. I love kids, I look at children and realize that they inherit this world.
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach Japanese cooking.
Countries I’ve Visited
Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, North Korea, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
Japan, United States