CURRENT MISSION Building things in my free time. ABOUT ME My name is Ivan. I am a naturalized citizen of Japan. I grew up in the Soviet Union in the city of Omsk. My father is Belarusian and my mother is of Ukrainian heritage. I have moved to Japan in 2007. I am working in the Orthopedics department of the Hokuto Hospital in Obihiro, Hokkaido. In the past I've been involved with historical reconstruction and role-playing activities, mountain climbing, , house building, botany, Tolkien role-playing, philosophy, ship model construction, English and Japanese homeschooling (as a tutor), skating, poem composing, motor vehicle repairing etc. PHILOSOPHY Marcus Aurelius