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Overview

  • 36 references 28 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Japanese; learning French
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Cambridge MBA Candidate
  • Bachelor of Laws, and Master of Public Policy
  • From Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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About Me

Transition period.

During the weekend, I run, play tennis, read books & manga, and hang around with my friends for drinking.
For the consecutive holidays, I usually travel abroad to explore the other aspect of our beautiful world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My first experience on couchsurfing was round trip to Europe in 2012. While 2 months travel, I stayed at more than 20 hosts, and all the experiences were brilliant.
I have also surfed in Israel and Iran, both of them were also amazing to broaden my horizon.
In addition, I have hosted some surfers in Cairo, most of them were cool and we enjoyed the time together drinking some local beers and Japanese alcohols (I usually procure and store some stock from Japan).

Interests

Travel, Books, Karaoke, Karate, Japanese tea, Bicycle , Entrepreneurship, Innovation, International Cooperation

  • culture
  • books
  • singing
  • dancing
  • anime
  • traveling
  • music
  • karaoke
  • tennis
  • history
  • manga
  • diving
  • alcohol
  • gourmet

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Rock (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Coldplay, Maroon 5, Police, Bon Jovi, Oasis, Erik Clapton), Japanese Pop &Roks, Jazz (Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans)
Books: Novels, Philosophy, History, and else (Haruki Murakami, Yukio Mishima, Ryotaro Shiba, John Milton, Adam Smith, Max Waver, Shakespeare, E. H . Carr, Jared Diamond, Yuval Noah Harari, J. K. Rolling, etc)
Manga and Anime

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I founded organization called International Development Youth Forum, which provide opportunity for those who are interested in international cooperation to get together to discuss how to make better world. Since it was from scratch, we faced very tough situation, but never gave up and made huge network of youth leaders all over the world. It was just amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have black belt of Karate, so I can teach how to keep yourself safe from dangerous people.
I can also share some Japanese music if you like ;)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I have black belt of Karate, so I can teach how to keep yourself safe.
I can also share the stories from my past travel and my life in Japan.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Palestine, Poland, Qatar, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, Egypt, Japan, Jordan, United States

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