Planning a vacance in Hokkaido again in 2021.

Summer vacance in Hokkaido in 2020.

What can offer for surfers?
- meet up and chat
- lend sport bicycle
- Surfers may stay at our common room

CURRENT MISSION

Dreaming to own fruits farm. produce mikan, orange.

Fun bike tour in France and UK in summer 2019.

In 2019 wanted to participate PBP 1200km PARIS-BREST-PARIS Randonneur.
- i will do in 2023, since i couldn't get enough badges to entry.

My first travel in EU Started on 7th Aug 2017 from Warszawa then finished in Sofia, Bulgaria on 22nd September.

At the beginning I planed bike touring but it has stolen in Warszawa before start. then switched to hitch hiking.
It was also a lot of fun time.

日本一の酷道よさく(R439) 徳島-剣山-大豊-本山-土佐町-仁淀-土佐大正-中村 走破 6/22- 7/01
続けて中村から大洲までR441も走破 7/01
R441の方が総延長は短いが、道路状況は過酷。
　理由 道幅が狭い、 トンネル内の証明が無い など

From 10th May to 21st June I have done OHENRO pilgrimage by bicycle in Shikoku island, Japan.
Visited 88 temples + 20 special temples(別格寺) to pray for peace.
Route: Mt.Kouya -> anticlockwise from no. 88 Ookuboji in Kagawa to Ehime, Kouchi, Tokushima.
After Ohenro challenge, continuously ride route 439 which is called route Yosaku and very popular among tough road rider.

I had cycling over Vietnam and neighbor countries. Mission name is 'Người Đạp ở Việt Nam',
From 20th Mar to 03rd May 2017 I have crossed Vietnam riding from north(Dien Bien) to south(Đất Mũi Cà Mau) by bicycle.
I passed 'Ho Chi Minh's road west', 'Đường Hồ Chí Minh Tây' or say, Đường Trường Sơn .

My next destination is west Europa and Africa because I never visited.

ABOUT ME

Be happy and make everyone smile.
Along this couples of years, I've lived in various cities and met many people. I like simple life and want to look around more and more places. I'm spending almost days out of Japan, but I'd love to have any inquiry about travel to Japan.

PHILOSOPHY

I practice slow life, I'm not such talkative but I'm happy to see and talk with people have different cultural back ground and talents.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To know vary of different culture, life idea.

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Welcome to Japan.
I am on travel but i am a person aid others with pleasure. I can give you good idea to save cost but have amazing time on your route.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Hosted 01 traveler in 2016 in Bien Hoa, VN.
Explored with 01 traveler in 2016 in Saigon.
Explored with 02 travelers in 2016 in Tay Ninh - Mt.Ba Den.
Joined 02 activities in Saigon in 2015,2016.
Joined 02 meetings in Saigon in 2014,2016.
In 2017 I joined many events in HCMC, VN.
Joined an event to visit a traditional hand making village in Hanoi.
Surfed at 15 houses on Ho Chi Minh's west route in Vietnam
Crossed R439 by bicycle in June 2017.
Hitch hiked around east Europe for 4,000 km in summer in 2017

Interests

cycling, biking, Durian,learning languages, alphabets and scripts, now learning Russian and Vietnamese.
Kayaking.

• culture
• cooking
• vegetarian
• traveling
• cycling
• backpacking
• kayaking
• teaching
• tourism
• hitchhiking
• volunteering
• mountain biking
• biking
• fruits
• henro pilgrimage
• mikan

Music, Movies, and Books

Haruki's novel books.
Kazuo I

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hot and hot summer in Moskow as Forest fire in Summer 2010.
Dived into Ganga liver in U.P. India. 2012
Stomach was seriously attacked after took Pho noodle in Saigon 2012.
Completed round one Ohenro in shikoku 88/88, Japan in 2015.
Round two by bicycle from 2016. 14/88
Blind trekking at mountain near Dalat, VietNam in 2016
Found vegan friends in Saigon in 2016.
Cross Vetnam from north to south by bicycle in 2017 for 6 weeks, 5,000 km.
Cross Route 439; 600km in ridge way Shikoku island in May 2017.
Bike stolen in Warszawa before start bike traveling in east part of Europa in August 2017 then hitch hiked instead of bike traveling.
Cycling in France, Swiss and UK in summer, 2019 got lot of supports on the way.
Visited Mirabell producers in Lorraine, France.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am from Shikoku island and completed Ohenro pilgrimage for 2 rounds by car & bicycle.
I am a good cook of Udon, Okonomi-yaki. We can cook and share.
I worked as a Japanese teacher, I can teach any level.
I am an Quality assurance and Industrial engineer. We can share work experience if you are in close field.

What I Can Share with Hosts

For Hosts,
I bring a sleeping bag, you do not need to prepare Futon for me.
Voluntary I help house work.
I like farm work, if you don't mind i want to do any kind of work, remove grass, seeding, harvesting etc...

Equipment for visitors in my home as bellow.
I have 2 bikes. so we can go cycling together.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Estonia, Finland, France, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russian Federation, Viet Nam