Born and raised in New Zealand, resident in Japan since July 2016.

Studied philosophy and law, so clearly always ready to argue, but generally discinclined to do so (which may be why I ended up teaching English in Japan).

Laid back, open-minded and fairly adventurous, with a some-what sardonic sense of humour. I work Monday to Friday in the evenings, so I prefer to host on weekends, when I can spend more time hanging out. I also have a car and love to go on road-trips and adventures.

I try to keep busy, so if you'd like to stay please try to give me as much notice as possible.

ABOUT NISHIO-SHI:

Nishio-Shi is a small city sitting on the beautiful Mikawa Bay in Aichi prefecture. Famous for it's matcha (powdered green tea) and unagi (eel), Nishio has a lot to offer.

Aichi in general is a fantastic location. Sitting on the Nōbi Plain, Aichi is unusually flat for Japan, making it a cyclists dream. Aichi was home to Japan's 'Three Great Unifiers', Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, so it has many interesting historic sites and castles, including Japan's oldest castle, Inuyama. Japan's 3rd largest city, Nagoya, is around an hour away from Nishio by train, and sits conveniently at the midway point between Tokyo and the Kansai region.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

After hearing numerous great stories from couchsurfing friends, and meeting several couchsurfers passing, I thought I would get on board...

Interests

• culture
• street art
• cycling
• nature
• local food
• clubs
• street photography

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:

"Do You Feel It? - Chaos Chaos"
"Crazy - 4MINUTE"
"Down - Marian Hill"
"Flash - Perfume"
"Eat Sleep Rave Repeat - Fatboy Slim (Calvin Harris Remix)"
"The Bay - Metronomy"
"Bliss - The Dudes" "

MOVIES:

"Guardians of the Galaxy"
"Once Upon a Time in Mexico"
"Lucky Number Slevin"
"Amelie"

BOOKS:
"A Fine Balance" - Rohinton Mistry
"The World as Will and Representation" - Arthur Schopenhauer
"Where the Wild Things Are" - Maurice Sendak

NETFLIX:

"Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"
"Jessica Jones"
"Black Mirror"
"Rick & Morty"

QUOTES:

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."
"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about."
"Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes."
- Oscar Wilde

"War does not determine who is right, only who is left."
- Bertrand Russell

"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
- Voltaire

"The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time."
"In Heaven all the interesting people are missing."
"It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right."
- Frederich Nietzche

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Filled out every box on this profile.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am not entirely sure what I am supposed to write here... but I support all of these verbs.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A laugh, a drink, lunch, photography tours, travel stories, bad relationship advice, a shoulder to cry on, memories...

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Japan, New Zealand