People usually call me Kou (pronounced like Koh), I was born in Japan and I spend 13 years of my life in Taiwan, 4 years in the UK, a year in Canada, and now I am in Cambridge. UK, doing a PhD in Neurosciences

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people from different backgrounds and cultures, and share life experience

Interests

• sketching
• cooking
• drawing
• guitar
• sciences

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Demian Rice, Beatles and Mr. Children (a Japanese band)
Movie: Oppenhimer was nice
Books: The arts of thinking clearly

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was a chef in a Japanese restaurant in London when I was in the first year of university. I did not like it when I was doing it but now I think it is quite an unusual and interesting experience

Teach, Learn, Share

I like science and problem solving in general. Outside of my scientific career, I enjoy cooking a lot. I cook Asian food often but these days I am learning to cook central European dishes

What I Can Share with Hosts

Japanese, Chinese Language and Culture
Cooking (maybe we can cook together ?😉

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Japan, Slovenia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, United Kingdom