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Overview

  • 12 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Japanese; learning French
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Pokemon Trainer
  • Uni of Nottingham, Uni of Melbourne
  • From Tokyo, Japan
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Find Wally / Learn how to cook 50 international dishes at trip destinations (so far about 10)

ABOUT ME

Lets go mentaal people! Love meeting new people and trying anything and everything.

PHILOSOPHY

Go do crazy stuff! Every day, I strive to improve myself and beat the old me. Past experiences have made me the way I am, and I see everything as a challenge.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Been hosting and visiting people for a while now.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Been using this for about a year now. Hosted and surfed, met about 20 people through CS so far and everyone's been cool!

Interests

Trying new things! Into sports, martial arts, my guitar, EATING!, drinking, making new friends, and women

  • arts
  • cooking
  • running
  • meditation
  • drinking
  • guitar
  • hiking
  • sports
  • martial arts
  • wrestling
  • swimming
  • engineering
  • lakes
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music- Jack Johnson, John Mayer Jason Mraz, Donovan Frankenreiter, Train, etc.
Books- How to make friends and influence people, the Purpose Driven Life, the Bible
Movies- Yes Man, Hangover, Gladiator, Shawshank Redepmtion, Deer Hunter, etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming in near frozen lakes, sleeping in caves and abandoned castles, hitch hiking the alps with "meditation instructors," getting lost in German mountains. And more to come!

Teach, Learn, Share

Japanese, English lessons if you want. Used to teach.

Karate - 1st Dan black belt, earned status from Master Masamune in Tokyo, Japan after years of training. Experienced in teaching and running own facility, where I also taught nunchaku skills.
Wrestling, bjj, and judo experience also.

Cooking - love it, worked in a restaurant for a while, starting as a waiter and ending as a chef.

Studying to be a civil engineer, so pretty good with gadgets and structures, furniture, etc.

Dunno what else to put down, that's a start.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Japan, United Kingdom

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