Thank you for visiting my profile. My name is Issei ( English name is Naru )

I live in the countryside near Tokyo, about an hour away, specifically in south west Ibaraki Prefecture. Most of the time, I travel around Japan and learn and teach to Japanese people about the traditional Japanese cultures.

Famous Cherry blossom places are around. It's my favorite thing to feel the cherry blossoms with no one or less people. If you like to feel and see the local countryside cherry blossoms, welcome !

I am a Researcher and give the traditional Japanese foods and living cultures classes to Japanese Students and people. Here you can enjoy staying and feel and learn about 100 years ago Japanese living. We grow a lot of Japanese ingredients which the most Ingredients are from China today. We like the real Japanese foods and made in Japan.

So, if you are interested in traditional Japanese things, you are welcome anytime.

I enjoy traveling and meeting new people through couch surfing to share things like their stories, cultures, and life. Feel free to ask about traditional Japanese things.

My classes rank at the top in Google research. (These classes are unique; there is only one class like this in Japan.) I am a traditional Japanese foods researcher.

Bamboo craft ( Take-Kago, Candle stand, Pot) Sep~March
Wild vegetables(Sansai) April~May
Indigo Blue ( Aizome, Sukumo) anytime
Tea celemonie (sado)
Kin-tsugi(repairing Pottery with gold) anytime
Miso, Mirin, Kome-kouji(Malted rice),
How to make / Konjac
Real Warabi-mochi
Traditional Japanese Knife and Kitchen tools

I also like to know about foreign cultures, so let's share it!

Instagram:vmlenglish

(It's in Japanese, but you can see the photos)

Here you can see the photos at least which you can imagine.

I like to make the natural foods. I have fruit and vegetable garden ( Strawberry(May) grapes(July), Yuzu(
Winter), cherry, JapaneseOranges, figs(Summer and fall), Kaki(fall) )

if you are in the right season, you can have a chance to taste them! : )

I invite the couch surfer guest once a month and if you need a place to stay, it's available for one night for Free. The room costs 5000Yen/35USD/ per night from 2nd nights.（The Room is Japanese Traditional Tatami room)

I can come and pick you up at the station called Moriya station by Tsukuba express line. it takes an hour from Tokyo.

I am giving the traditional Japanese classes to Japanese people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I would like to meet new people to get to know the new world and share the culture and stories of what you have done so far.It would be great if I had the chance to hear about your travel stories and it would be nice to share mine as well!

I will be happy to show people how wonderful Japan is, and I'm also interested in discovering new places in Japan to visit!

Interests

Traveling , cooking , sports( Tennis, swimming ), hiking and art !

• arts
• culture
• cooking
• traveling
• sports
• tennis
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

all kinds of Music
Pops R&B
classical music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trip around Africa with backpacking and hitchhiking in Iceland.
(more than 70 countries )

Teach, Learn, Share

Japanese cultures are very interesting and sadly most of many Japanese do not know ..
I am still learning about it and It's really fun to know about it.

I also like to know about foreign cultures, so let's share it!

What I Can Share with Hosts

everything! culture and travel stories and so on!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Wales, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, United States