Home: Miyazaki, Japan / Currently: Detroit, MI, USA

Hello! I am a Japanese guy loving travelling. As an undergraduate, I studied mainly in Osaka and partly in Sweden as an exchange student for a year. Then the experience motivated me to study abroad more and professionally, and went to London for the MA degree in education policy.

I am a PhD student back in Osaka, researching on Muslim identity and education in Sweden from Sociological / Anthropological perspectives, and was in Växjö, Sweden for my field work. I’m currently taking a gap year and working in Detroit.

I have visited many countries during my studying abroad, and it made me much more curious about other cultures and travelling. I also love eating, cooking, playing volleyball and music. I would really like to meet lots of people from all over the world and talk about many things :)

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It is really lovely to communicate with local people, isn't it?

Interests

Eating
Traveling
Playing volleyball
Cooking
Music
Learning languages

• cooking
• traveling
• music
• volleyball
• languages
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

[MUSIC]
Black Music (Soul, R and B and Gospel)
J-POP

[MOVIES]
Anything except for horror
My all-time favourite is Sister Act / Sister Act 2.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A round trip in Taiwan

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States