I am Takuro IROHIRA, Japanese, 26, traveling in Iran from the mid-November for roughly a month.

*Now my hair is shaved, and I look A BIT different from the profile picture.

I am/do:

- simply called Tak, but often called Taško by colleagues, a Balkanized name of Takuro; or Shoppei by Japanese folks, which means 'salty.'
- love to get a Farsianized/Iranianized name, also.

- looking for company to chill, drink, and possibly to stay
- open to any conversation and topic
- especially interested in history and film: I love to discuss Akira Kurosawa and Charlie Chaplin, especially
- not familiar with anime or avant-garde contemporary music, though
- a hard-core bookworm
- an antique-lover
- a Go-lover
- a photography-lover (Instagram: t_shoppei)

- mostly cheerful, hardworking, and outgoing; sometimes bold and reckless; and hardly a conformist
- love cooking

- eager to learn Farsi

- have studied history in Japan, US, and Hungary for 7 years

- have traveled Siberia to Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Eastern Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Western Ukraine, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia i Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Greece, and Bulgaria; China and South Korea; Indonesia and Cambodia; New Zealand; U.S., Mexico, and Cuba; Turkey; and partially the Middle East on the Mediterranean coast.
- also elsewhere in the South East Asia.

- expecting a generous invitation, from those who with warm kind-hearted minds are willing to take me chill and show around.
- would love to learn Farsi on the daily base.

- planning to be in Tehran, Isfahan, Yazd, Shiraz, Mashhad, and Tabriz.
- also possibly around Kashan, Hamedan, and Qazvin, depending on how much time and budget I can save during the trip.

I am very much looking forward to seeing you folks in Iran.

Tak/Taško

Note:
1. I have allergy to cats. Too bad, cuz I love cats.
2. I cannot digest anything of milk. Too bad, cuz I love cheese so much.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Especially for this trip in Iran, I am very contended to use Couchsurfing than anytime before to see and interact with local folks.

兴趣

History, Kurosawa, Farsi, Craftmanship, Photography, and Traveling. I am trained as a historian of photography, especially of Central Europe of the early 20th century.

• culture
• photography
• history
• film
• antiques
• kurosawa

音乐、电影和书籍

Chet Baker
Joseph Roth
Eugene Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe
Charlie Chaplin, Akira Kurosawa

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Being Balkanized, and now expecting to be Farsianized/Iranianized

教，学，和分享

I'd love to share space, time, and life-enhancing experience with inspiring people. You can find the best person to discuss history and Kurosawa here.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Let's see. It is all up to our match, which I am very much looking forward ;)

我游览过的国家

Albania, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Viet Nam

我居住过的国家

Hungary, Japan, United States