CURRENT MISSION

Get my students to enjoy learning English, hang out with friends, think philosophical thoughts

ABOUT ME

I teach English at a high school in a small town in southern Kyushu. It is a pretty quiet life in the countryside. I like hiking, going to onsen, riding bikes, and playing video games.

PHILOSOPHY

Eat more vegetables

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surf n' host

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted surfers in Bergen, Norway. Surfed in Paris, Oslo, Stockholm, Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Prague, and Antwerp in the summer of 2010.

More recently I surfed in Portland, OR and had the kind of weird and fun experience that confirms Portland's reputation.

Interests

night-time bike rides
bluegrass music, squaredancing
baking
boardgames
cycling
space exploration and travel
Starcraft, FTL
brains
derring-do

• baking
• video games
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Apocalypse Now
Austin Powers
The Big Lebowski
Bladerunner
The Dark Crystal
Grizzly Man
Encounters at the End of the World
I Heart Huckabees
The Life Aquatic
The Lion King
Napolean Dynamite
Nosferatu (1975 Werner Herzog remake)
Terminators 1 and 2
The Three Amigos

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I saw a Buddhist nun in a secluded, mist-enshrouded nunnery in the foothills of the Himalayas

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show you how to fix a flat on your bike

Countries I’ve Visited

El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Japan, Netherlands, Nicaragua

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway, United States

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