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Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany
@hiroyone
Member since 2017
Hi everyone! I am two times more energetic, three times crazier, have four times more friends, and ten times happier abroad! 🤣😁😍 My first language is Japanese, and my second language is English. My best personal collection is touristic maps from cities I visited. My hobbies: 1. Comics 📗 2. Ping-pong 🏓 3. Calisthenics 💪 4. Boardgames (Catan, Dixit, Chess, etc)♟️ 5. Blogging about technology and life 🤖 I also like photo shooting (landscapes), jogging, cooking (Japanese, Italian, Mexican, Chinese), football, traveling, and hobby programming. I grew up nearby Osaka for over 20 years. I received B.A. in business from a Japanese university and M.A. in economics from a Canadian university. After graduation, I traveled to Europe: Romania, Ukraine, Poland, Sweden, Serbia. From 2014-2017, I worked as a school coordinator in Shibuya, so I am quite familiar with Tokyo. I also had a chance to travel to South Asian countries: Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. From 2017-2022, I worked as a software engineer at one of the most tech-geek companies in the Akiba area. I had a chance to travel around the Philippines, Malaysia, Okinawa, Kanazawa, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka. From 2022 onward, I have been working as a software engineer focusing on big data at one of the fastest-growing companies in Berlin, Germany. I am keeping up with cutting-edge computer tech and mathematics. And then, I traveled to Norway, Czech, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Nertherlands, Spain, and Georgia. My philosophies: Carpe Diem 🏖️🍷 Don't cry, be tough! Time is more than money. Quantity matters more than quality. My dream country to visit Georgia❤️ but was achieved in Oct 2023🎉
Interested in Board games
Interested in Concerts
Fluent in English
Learning German
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
To meet a diverse variety of people all over the world.
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies - A Beautiful Mind - The Shawshank Redemption - The Social Network - Top Gun - The Last Suit Dramas - Mentalist - The O.C. - Kyle XY - Suits - Castle - Game of Thrones - Quantico - Friends Music 1. Billie Eilish - Everything I wanted 2. OneRepublic - Counting Stars 3. MIKA - Relax, Take It Easy 4. Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers 5. Coldplay - Viva La Vida 6. Imany - You Will Never Know 7. Labrinth - Beneath Your Beautiful 8. Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 9. Robin Thicke - Blurred Line 10. Hikaru Utada - Automatic
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I donated as much as my age times 1000 uah to Ukraine on my birthday in 2022. I visited and stayed in Ukraine for a few months in 2013, and seeing their culture, traditions, history, nature, and vitality helped me find my life's meaning when I had felt lost of myself for a long time. I plan to continuously support Ukraine 🇺🇦
Teach, Learn, Share
I used to be told that I am a Tokyo Wikipedia, as I know a lot of exciting places to go for foreigners. My best suggestions so far are: - Shibuya, Harajuku, Yoyogi area: Fujiya (Izakaya) and Yoyogi Park, Shinjuku Gyoen - The Emperial Palace, New Marunouchi building, and Tokyo Station area - Tsukiji and Ginza: Sushi and Egg omelette, Hamarikyu Gardens - Ueno, Asakusa, Akibahara: several national museums, and parks, monja - Nakameguro, Daikanyama, and Ebisu: Many nice cafes - Roppongi for night clubs - Tokyo Tower and Shiba park - Fuji Q - Oedo Onsen
What I Can Share With Hosts
Cleaning, sharing stories, bringing Japanese souvenir, go sight-seeings together!