Hi! Ben here, I recenty moved to Amiens and while still in the process of unpacking and installing everything, I am open for hosting (if you don’t mind cardboard box labyrinths) and showing around the city and countryside =)

I travelled in Japan for a year and a half a few years ago, it was the best experience of my life, and I want to repay the favour to all the kind people I met there, including lots of generous couchsurfers.

I have many hobbies, from travelling, photography, hiking, juggling, piano, origami, drawing, to manga, animes, video games, and badminton, kung-fu, climbing, and so on - I'm curious about everything and love learning new things!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm hoping to meet many people, share culture and discover new things - the best moments when I visited Japan for a holiday were when I discussed with locals, and especially during a festival, so I wish to do lots of similar encounters and make new friends during my trip =)

/!\ Please reply to messages/requests, I prefer getting an immediate refusal than no reply at all even when sending several messages, it is not only rude but also makes the situation more complicated... Thank you very much!

Interests

• photography
• anime
• video games
• juggling
• drawing
• origami
• piano
• hiking
• camping
• badminton
• manga
• slackline
• climbing
• japan
• kung fu
• meeting new people
• アニメ
• 日本
• 漫画
• 日本語
• 写真
• ハイキング
• キャンプ
• 折り紙
• ピアノ
• バドミントン
• 山登り

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to many music genres, from classical to rock, and japanese pop music. My favourites include Debussy, Chopin, Eels, Radiohead, Muse, New Radicals, Röyksopp, Danny Elfman, Monaca, Nobuo Uematsu, Joe Hisaishi, Wojciech Kilar, John Williams, Haruna Luna, Yanagi Nagi, Yui, Kalafina, Yuki Kajiura, Kenji Kawai, Sawano Hiroyuki, Kevin Penkin...

I mostly watch Japanese anime and have too many favourites (my preferred genre is slice-of-life/iyashikei and my most loved animes are not widely known), but if I had to select movies: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Hook, Groundhog Day, Indiana Jones, The Truman Show, The King and the Mockingbird, Alien, The Lord of The Ring, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Wall•E, Zootropolis, How To Train Your Dragon, Mars Attacks...

My favourite book is His Dark Materials.

I also enjoy video games a lot, and my favourites include NieR:Automata, Journey, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Portal 2, Final Fantasy IX, Okami, Gravity Rush 2, Bloodborne, Tearaway Unfolded, Chrono Cross, Eagle Flight, Bound, Wipeout, Myst, Zelda Ocarina of Time, Bioshock...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Deciding to travel in Japan alone for one year I guess, it's a new adventure each day!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach some of my hobbies, like origami or juggling, and love learning new things so opened to anything new!
I can teach some French or English, and even basic Japanese and German.
I can bake some French or Italian food like crepes, far breton, matcha tiramisu, french toast, floating island...
I can be very chatty about anything related to Japan and popular culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, England, French Guiana, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Scotland, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France