Hello, I'm Ryo from Japan! I'm 22years old and a university student.I study sociology because I'm interested in people's lifestyle in rural area in Japan.

I like running, eating and cooking!
I do triathlon and marathon in my university.

I also like travelling because I want to know foreign culture, their language and their lifestyle! If I only stay Japan, my idea will be no change and I will have prejudice. I want to have open-minded, so I cherish it. I want to know many things, so I stop my class in my university and I travel some countries in this year! I visited India, Egypt, Uganda, Thailand, New Zealand and next The US! I try to stay at least several days at one place and touch local culture in this trip.

I worked japanese sake shop for 6months. Japan has many original culture and I think sake is one of japanese great culture. When I worked there, I visited sake brewery and talked with sake professional people. I knew that sake is able to attract many people. So I try ro drink sake with many people on this trip. I want to enjoy sharing culture each other!

I'm looking forward to meeting you, and talking with you about our experience!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to share some experience with new people, and I want to know some idea they have.

When I visited Auckland in New Zealand in Nov 2018, I used CS firstly. My first CS experience was so great. My first host was a very kind and gentle man. He is Indian and cooked Indian food for me. It was very nice. And he showed me many beautiful places in Auckland. At one night, we enjoyed japanese sake I gave him and discussing our culture. I enjoyed talking with him every night! I thought in this time that CS is cultural exchange and I love it. Thanks to him, I love CS! I want to share our culture with more people!

Interests

I like running, cooking and travelling! I love meeting new people because I can know many things for sharing our experience; culture, language, lifestyle, history, hobby and more!

• culture
• cooking
• running
• traveling
• sports
• history
• languages
• food
• life
• lifestyle
• meeting new people

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I visited and lived in rural area in Uganda!

Teach, Learn, Share

Running, Japanese, Japanese food, sake!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I will show you some japanese culture; origami, jinbei.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, Egypt, India, New Zealand, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan