I know my name is hard to pronounce for most people, so please just call me TK (my friend in Seattle gave me this nickname and I actually like it a lot. ) Work at the Marketing Research company in Osaka. Used to be an International exchange student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for a year. Usually hang out in Kyoto. My home is about an hour from JR Kyoto station by train. *Getting back to this community from May 2023.
Interested in Anime
Interested in Baseball
Fluent in English
Learning Chinese (Simplified)
The place I traveled to that changed me the most was...
Seattle. I was there for 3 months and I hope I can go back one day.
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
To meet interesting people in the world and to develop my English skill so that I can handle global research projects better.
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: Avicii, Coldplay, Jazz music, etc. Movies: Ghibli movies(The Boy and the Heron, Spirited Away) All of Jordan Peele’s movies(Get Out, Us, Nope) Books: Manga(Jujutsu Kaisen, Dragonball, Bleach)
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Working at the Green Tortoise Hostel Seattle for 3 months in U.S. Doing Workaway in Toronto, Canada for a month.
Teach, Learn, Share
I can be your free tour guide in Kyoto/Osaka if you want. Can teach basic Japanese (I used to be a language tutor at UMass).
My Interests
Learning about cultural differences. Looking at Japan from foreigners’ perspective. Watching NBA basketball games on TV.
