Hi, I am Takuya from Japan. Until last year I lived in the Netherlands for five years for my doctoral study. My research was to reveal function of cells and genes in brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. Afterwards I had a gap for two years in Japan and traveling in Japan and around the world (China, India, Alaska...). Now I am back to the Netherlands for another research project. My hobbies are wandering in nature, camping, any kinds of sports, especially rock climbing. I like to connect with people, which always makes me happy! I am an open-minded, easy-going person, and I always like to meet new people to exchange experiences :) I also like cooking, so we can cook Japanese food together.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

When I travel somewhere, I prefer meeting people who are there and talking/experiencing their lives there to just visiting some touristic places.

兴趣

I do like sports/exercises. I do climbing or bouldering sometimes. In Groningen there is the highest climbing tower in Europe, which is 37 meters high. I did rock climbing outside (lead climbing) in Colombia, too. I like nature, so I sometimes go camping by myself, or just make a small campfire in my neighborhood.

Recently I started to play guitar (still beginner tho, almost two years) so I am more into music now :)

• cooking
• bouldering
• hiking
• camping
• nature
• local food
• climbing
• local life

音乐、电影和书籍

Book author - Michio Hoshino (a Japanese photographer who lived in Alaska)
Movie - Pitch Perfect series, Shoplifters (a Japanese movie)

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Traveled to more than 20 countries
Did a 42km full marathon
Got a very friendly middle finger hand sign of a Dutch guy when I practiced driving in the Netherlands and stopped the car in the middle of the street
Climbed the 37-meter high climbing tower in Groningen
Did a volunteer work to teach English in Colombia (workaway)
Did open-water diving course in Colombia
Climbed and reached at the 5000m high summit in Peru
3-day mountain hiking with 14kg backpack in Japan

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Cooking Japanese food? Talking a lot? Play music together? My smile for sure :)

我游览过的国家

Austria, Belgium, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

我居住过的国家

Japan, Netherlands, United States