My lifelong mission is to further develop the relationship among Japan and other Asian countries throughout my life.

I deeply love traveling and see how this world is composed and how it is amazingly diverse. Here are the countries I've been to so far (around 30 countries) in chronological order:

Scotland (in the summer of 2007)
- attended the summer school at the University of Edinburgh school of law for a month.
- This first alone foreign culture experience totally opened my eye to the global world and gave me great motivation to improve my English.

Europe (in the summer of 2008)
- backpacked in Europe in 45 days, including France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Netherlands, and Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark (15 countries)
- I got precious Korean friend (Hubert Lee) during the traveling who inspired me into the deep and long relationship between East Asia and Japan.

Hong Kong (2010)
South Korea (2010)
- joined the exchange program called "3-campus program" jointly held by Keio University, the University of Hong Kong and Yonsei University

China
- 丽江 and 香格里拉 (February 2010)
- 东北・華北・華中 area including 大连・旅顺・长春・哈尔滨・南京・苏州・北京・上海 (for 世博会) (May 2010)
- Silk Road (兰州・张掖・嘉峪关・敦煌) with the students from the University of Hong Kong (May 2010)
- 丹东，沈阳，延吉（延辺朝鮮族自治州），杭州，桂林，阳朔，广州，成都，九寨沟 (September 2011)

Indonesia (March 2010)
- volunteered in Padang and Pariaman in Indonesia where the earthquake hit in Sep 2009 with Hong Kong University students for the social service and donation for 8 days
- with short stay at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia for preparation of the volunteering.

India (April 2010)
- traveled to golden triangle (Delhi, Jaipur and Agra)in India for 5 days. I'll definitely visit Varanasi next time!

Ghana (June 2010)
- volunteered for the improvement of hygiene and education in Ghana for 1 month with Chinese students from Hong Kong University

Dubai (June 2010)
- only for transit for 4 hours, but I saw burj khalīfah with the naked eye!

Russia (Dalnivostok and Siberia) (July 2011)
- Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Yakutsk, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal

Mongolia (August 2011)
- volunteered for the government-run orphanage and the NGO "IVNMC" to support the orphans they support by teaching them Japanese and English, camping together with them and making the calenders the pictures they drew are printed on. We've sold those calenders in Japan and South Korea, then sent the income to the "IVNMC" in Ulaanbaatar for their running expenses.

The United States (October to November 2011)
- traveled across the continent from west to east spending two months by greyhound bus
- San Francisco, Yosemite, Las Vegas, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Sedona, Monument Valley, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Austin, New Orleans, Nashville, Savannah, NYC, D,C, Boston, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Chicago, Seattle

Canada (November 2011)
- Toronto, Niagara falls

Cuba (November 2011)
- La Habana, Santiago de Cuba

Taiwan (December 2011) - My favorite place in the world
- traveled around Taiwan island
- 臺北 桃園 大溪 宜蘭 礁溪溫泉 花蓮 太魯閣 豐田村 瑞穗溫泉 臺東 高雄 旗山 臺南 關子嶺溫泉 集集線 日月潭 霧社 鹿港 金門島 (+厦门 for one day) 基隆 平溪線 九份 金瓜石

Israel (August 2012)
- Tel Aviv, Haifa, Nazareth, Tiberias, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron

Germany (December 2015)
- Berlin

Poland (December 2015)
- Kraków and Auschwitz

Russia (September 2016)
- Moscow

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I stay at someone's house, I actively exchange our cultures, not just accepting the cultures.
I usually bring some Japanese stuff as a souvenir for the host.
Also I really want everyone to visit Japan to see the current Japanese society, so I'm glad to host the people who would like to see and jump into the Japanese culture!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Several Times (in China, South Korea and Russia)

But so far I have so many various cultural experiences in Japan and other countries compared to ordinary Japanese that it would be smooth anyway.

Interests

Foreign cultures
Learning languages and talking with new people
History
Arts
Foreign foods
Traveling
Music (Alternative Rock, some pops and Classical)

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Alternative Rock (Coldplay, Muse etc)
Jazz (Bill Evans, Ann Burton etc)
some J-pops (Mr.Children, Bump of Chicken, Kotoringo, Shina Ringo, Ando Yuko etc)
Cllasical (Debussy, Ravel,
Sibelius: Violin Concerto (My favorite Concerto) Bruckner: Sym. No.4 "Romantic"
Borodin: String Quartet No.2, Polovetsian Dances from "Prince lgor"
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride etc)

Films:
The Notebook, Goodbye Lenin, The Hotel Venus, Sukida, AWAKENINGS, Once, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Elizabethtown, I am Sam, The Green Mile, Life is Beautiful, The Shawshank Redemption

Books:
Deep River, Norwegian Wood, the West Witch has passed out, GO, the Conversation with God,
Maihime, Gan by Ogai Mori, Kokoro by Soseki Natsume, the 20th century boys,
Hamlet, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Backpacking in 15 European countries, especially the experience in St.Patersburg was awesome because I went there alone and I couldn't find no one who speak English and nowhere to have English sign. I literally survived there.
Organize and practice the volunteering at Padang and Pariaman in Indonesia for 8 days with Hong Kong University students only with the support of subsidization from University
Volunteering of teaching in local schools in Ghana for 3 weeks

Teach, Learn, Share

I like the style of "sharing" more than teaching and learning because that is more mutual to each other.

I can share Japanese cultures, lauguage, the way of thinking, how they regard the world and themselves.
At the same time I'm always open to different cultures so when we are doing cultural exchange, we can talk about anything.

Actually in the future I'm thinking to work for the cultural exchange promotion, so I must be professional for that and you wouldn't be disappointed.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Monaco, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, Viet Nam

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