CURRENT MISSION

find out what should I do now

ABOUT ME

Hi everyone I'm Yuya, I was born and raised in Oita, Kyusyu area. I studied at APU, which is the best international university in Japan! APU has students from 99 countries now and will increase more and more!! So I communicate with friends from many counties every day. And I heard many interesting culture from exchange student.Currently I started on a journey to Southeast Asia and Europe from 8/1/2011.I want to see, touch, feel, hear, smell, and taste those cultures. This is the main target of my journey.

PHILOSOPHY

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I want to stay and communicate with local people. This is the grate experience each other.
I can know they culture, language and history. And also I can tell Japanese culture and something else. I need CS friends help and I will help if they visit in Japan.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I will make nice experience to use CS.

Interests

Talking and communicating with people, traveling!
Also I like to explore places I have never visited.
Teaching Japanese and share japanese culture
and..
Sports!
I used to be tennis (for 10 years) I did part time job such as tennis instructor.
And like football very much!!!
In Japan I go to stadium when every my home towns team game.
I will watch Premier League, Serie A, Liga Española and Bundesliga in this journey.
If you are interested in my interest, let me know!!

• culture
• dining
• japanese food
• instructor
• traveling
• sports
• soccer
• tennis
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

I like LAST SAMURAI, Mission Impossible 3,Alice in Wonderland and Pirates of the Caribbean.
My favorite actor is Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp!
About music, I like pop and rock.
For example, Black Eyed Peas, Green Day, Linkin Park, and so on.
I like reading japanese books, not only novels.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cappadocia in Turkey. View from balloon is awesome. I can not express in words how beautiful it is.
Dead sea in Israel also nice. Floating water is amazing experience.
There is most favorite place for I visited.

Teach, Learn, Share

Knowledge and culture about Japan
Let's share our travel experience.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share how to make some Japanese food with host.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States

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