CURRENT MISSION

Be encouraging.

ABOUT ME

Born and brought up in Tokyo.
Father came from Gunma; mother from Akita.
Never been to any foreign countries.
Never lived outside Tokyo except just one year in Akita.
Majored in French and linguistics at undergraduate level.
Been teaching English and French for 15 years at high schools.
Love to learn foreign languages.
25 years experience as a ski instructor.
Play the piano.
Theatergoer.
Big fan of Origami.

PHILOSOPHY

C'est la vie!

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Want to meet many people and know their philosophy.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Total beginner up until now.

兴趣

Railway in general
Bowling
Classical music
Standard Jazz
Karaoke
Track and Field
Alpine skiing
Learning foreign languages
Theater
Origami
Playing the piano
and more...

• culture
• theater
• instructor
• origami
• music
• classical music
• jazz
• piano
• karaoke
• skiing
• track and field
• bowling
• languages

音乐、电影和书籍

Movies:
The best is 'Les Aventuriers' featuring Alan Delon.
'Le huitieme jour', 'Paris, Texas', 'Rainman', 'Amadeus', 'Life is beautiful' are also excellent.
Musics:
Beethoven, Mozart, Ravel, Faure;
the Beatles, Carpenters, and Billy Joel are my favorite.
I love standard jazz, too.
Books:
Shakespeares, Camus, Haruki Murakami, and others.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

a scene I saw from Henry VI featuring a son who killed his father and a father who killed his son

教，学，和分享

Teaching the Japanese language systematically
as my major at university was linguistics.
Showing you some aspects of the Japanese culture, ex. the Japanese way of communicating with others.
Learning any language and culture from native speakers, including the ones far from Indo-Europeans.