A professional firefighter, 55 years young, married. Volunteer tour guide in Kyoto I drink, laugh, sing, dance, cry, get scolded, and forget everything, save lives, surf, ski, snowboard, injure, swim, dive, injure again, hike, camp, play piano and save lives again. I regularly organize free events those open for everyone. Upcoming event is the free Japanese lesson! I also co-organize events in non profit basis. Feel free to join！ Wishing you happy days in Kyoto, Japan!! Insta michi.yri Facebook. /michiru kitano.96
Interested in Animals
Fluent in English
Learning English
Ambassador
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
It's like eating breakfast everyday. Couchsurfing is a part of my life 🙂
Music, Movies, and Books
Music My younger son and I played piano together at my older son's wedding Books I'm reading my father's book(he is a Japanese literature professor) but it's too difficult for me! Movie Ghibli anime.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I've saved two lives Made a side by side Battle with my older son at swimming competition. That was a most emotional moment in my life. https://youtu.be/MO10dJq9wSg I broke my left knee ligament at age 28 by local mogul ski tournament. After my knee surgery, I became a national champion at over 40 age group 50m swimming freestyle 24.94second. When I was a child I got a prize for drawing a lion, but I didn’t want to draw a lion I was drawing a human!
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach I can teach you skiing, snowboarding, swimming, surfing, Japanese Lean Dancing I dance hip hop, bachata, contact Improvisation, let's dance together!
My Interests
It's written above but in addition, I'm a member of Kyopella, an international choir group in Kyoto. https://www.instagram.com/kyopella?igsh=MXRweHM5cm8waDZ4Zg== I'm a co organizer of Contact Improvisation dance group in Kyoto https://www.instagram.com/ci_brisa.kyoto?igsh=d2psbzAwaGlmcDR3
