I'm a bit of a nerd with a fondness for video games, gadgets, and programming. After a childhood influenced by Japanese culture and media, I studied abroad for a year during my junior year of college. There, I received a more intimate, first-hand knowledge of the culture, the food, and the language and gained a greater appreciation for Japan, warts and all.

I was convinced I'd move to Japan after graduating from college, but recent professional experience working with Japanese businesses convinced me that vacationing to Japan would be a more rewarding plan going forward. Now my goal is to make it over once or twice a year to recharge my 日本電池 (for lack of a better term...)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I studied abroad in the Musashino area and so I'm pretty familiar with metropolitan Tokyo. I know there's so much more to the Japan, though, and so I'm hoping to explore more of the the country, meet the locals, and find experiences off the beaten path.

Interests

• video games
• music
• hiking
• biking
• programming

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I wrote a Japanese-English dictionary app for Android! It works completely offline, for a time before ubiquitous high-speed internet access in the palm of your hand...

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm more than happy to talk tech and programming - I have lots of opinions on where things are and where they're going! Hopefully that appeals to you, otherwise I'm sure we can talk about Japanese socioeconomic policies after a few chuhais :P

Countries I’ve Visited

Japan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States