CURRENT MISSION

Stay alive

ABOUT ME

We are a family of 3, Shigeto is a researcher, Aloe is the mom, Rina is 10 years old. We have 6 cats and live in Hokkaido.

We are easygoing and friendly family, the current goal is to explore the world with the little one, knowing new friends.

We can provide a semi-private room, in east Hokkaido.
Always happy to meet up anywhere.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Provide my couch!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

1. I met an American in Sweden, he ask his cousin Marc in Firenze, Italy, to take care of me. So I stay in Marc's house with a lot of people for a week. They took me to visit Firenze. I love that city.
2. I met Eric, who is also an American student, on the train from Austria to Germany. We had a long and nice chat. I asked him if I can stay in his couch that night and we did that. Eric left me note to indicate me where to see in Stuggurt, Germany, when he got up for summmer work in Germany. We also had traditional german food together. Eric made that for me.
3.I was hosted by William Normanton in London, Aug 2007 for 4 days, that was nice. I am glad that I can meet cool and kind people here!
4.Couch Surf in Jeff's place, Edinburgh. 2007 Aug.Jeff is super Cool!! Our first meet is dramatic--I was accidentally homeless in Edinburgh in a Sunday afternoon, standing on the main street with all tourists full of the city, with only a banana in my hand and £20... Jeff saw my SOS post on Edinburgh group and came from his place to rescue me in a minute, he is like an angel!! Jeff is funny and friendly, made me love Scotland and people immediately! I stay in his apartment for extra 2 days.
5. During the student days living in Edinburgh, my boyfriend and I hosted maybe more than hundred of great people in 5 years. We had great memories with couchsurfing guys.

Intereses

Cats, dancing, cooking, outdoor activities, science. Now kids!

• cats
• dancing
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• outdoor activities
• science

Música, películas y libros

The Catcher in the Rye,
Down and Out in Paris and London
Red Chamber Dream
The buried giant
The periodic table (Primo Levi)
.....I like Nobel Prize Literature and I am so glad they did not award it to Murakami Haruki, thanks god.

Algo increíble que he hecho

This is Aloe profile before getting married
too much in my life.....

1.
I guess so far the most scaring thing I've done is to jump off a sea shore cliff about 20m high without protection and go directly into the sea, when I was 22.

That was a beautiful sea....very blue and it hurts.

2.
I shaved myself bold-head when I was 25. And I lived in TAIWAN!! I obviously scared passengers on every road. (Sorry....)

3.
I traveled in Europe for a month in 26 without plan or knowledge. I went to 10 countries and met many people, finally I survived....

4. After 10 years living in Japan, now I can finally speak intermediate level Japanese…but I forgot most of the English I learned to speak when I lived in California…

Enseña, aprende, comparte

Teach: Chinese (Traditional) , Japanese
cooking: Chinese cooking, Japanese cooking
Chinese language, Chinese dancing, yoga, molecular biology, (how to take care of babies..... !?)
I am developing a skill of talking to cats in mind….try me.

Learn:
Anything you are good at.

Share: anything I have.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

Cooking, dinning, talks

Países que he visitado

Austria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Países en los que he vivido

Japan, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

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