I am currently in Japan, seeking work and to live here indefinitely.

I Spend my time thinking, writing, making video essays and reading and studying Japanese.

I love long talks with smart, compassionate, polite and humorous people.

I guess my faorite pastimes are travel, going out, seeing movies and galleries & museums.
But most days I can be found at home as I wait for my visa. Japanese immigration procedures can take months. If you are coming here and will wait for your visa in country, it may get very expensive. Bring near ¥1,000,000. Unless you live frugally and live in a cheap share house room, will spend a lot of money on livingーjust waiting for your visa.

I also enjoy quiet. Though I love music, I prefer silence, so I can experience the workings of my subconscious mind. I write a lot, so quiet is conducive to that.

I came to Japan to stay. I was hired my second week at a conversation school. I am here almost four months and had to visit Korea for a bit to acquire a new travel visa while I wait.

I am honest, clean, quiet, a vegetarian and do not to drugs or smoke. I can't live with or near smokers.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to see more of the world; specifically Europe, South East Asia and Japan.

Interests

Movies, Photography, Painting, Drawing, Aerospace, Japanese, Zen, Religious History, Spaceflight history, politics, Peace, Species Rights, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Hanging out with mature, fun, people

• #philosophy
• #japan
• #aerospace

Music, Movies, and Books

All music is cool, but I really like some kinds of Jazz, Funk, Blues, and Mood-music. I grew up listening to classic rock. I often do not listen to music, though--because I am writing or thinking.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Did Stand Up Comedy, Live Poetry Reading, Practiced Zen in Korea and Received a Name from Monks/Community from Dharma Brothers, Love Counseling Online, Did Some Acting, Documentary, and Commercial Narration, A Lot of Drawing and Writing, Lived in Korea Fifteen Years, Taught English as a Second Language for Eighteen Years, Worked at The Rainbow Room and Met Many Celebrities/Saw Statesmen, Famous Journalists

Teach, Learn, Share

I know some interesting facts about Asia (Korea and Japan) and NASA

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fun

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, England, Japan, Philippines, South Korea

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, United States