I and my wife are open minded, friendly and humorous Japanese. We love talking, playing, drinking and eating with friends and locals!

We love hosting because it is easy to meet foreigner and know each other.

We travel for these purposes:
- meeting locals; making friends to learn/understand/exchange local cultures.
- cooking exchange; I want to learn local cuisines while I share Japanese.
- understanding foreigner's hair; my wife is professional hair makeup artist.
- expanding our imagination by arts such as paintings, buildings etc.

I was an IT engineer and a barista at Starbucks Coffee Japan. I am planning to own my restaurant in Tokyo near future. One of my hobby is cooking so that you can enjoy Japanese family dishes as well as some other countries one such as Thai, Vietnamese, Iran, Spanish etc.

My wife is an award winning hair makeup artist has 13 years experience in Tokyo and Hokkaido, Japan. While she is travelling abroad, she loves to arrange or cut foreigner's hair. She experienced Germany, Thai, Malaysian, Iranian and Japanese hairs already. You can ask for arrange/cut your hair if you want.

While we are travelling, we would like to stay as locals. When local resident invites us to stay, we share Japanese culture, language, cooking, travelling photo, hair arrangement, hand craft etc.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

- to share/learn local dishes
- to enjoy cultural exchange
- to make international friends :)

Interests

• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• drinking
• video games
• music
• karaoke
• travelling
• tea
• cultures
• gadgets
• foods
• handcraft
• computers
• camera
• foodsharing
• sake

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC
- American Top 40
- Japanese pops and rocks

MOVIES
- Studio Ghibli's animations

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have been to North Korea (DPRK). Everything's different than other countries.

Teach, Learn, Share

- cooking
- travel experiences
- culture exchange

What I Can Share with Hosts

- Japanese cuisine (not sushi, but Japanese tapas and family dishes)
- dishes(cooking) of some countries
- travel experiences
- Japanese language and cultures

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bolivia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Malawi, Malaysia, New Zealand, North Korea, Peru, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States