CURRENT MISSION:
Let's Enjoy Kyoto/Nara/Shiga and Suburb Nature Areas with Bento together!
Japanese Cooking, Food and Life together!
Monk-style Vegan Cooking, Meals and Practice together!

I love to travel.

I love to spend time with my family, friends and good peoples.

I love the sun, sea, mountains and nature. 

I love to read, listen to music, go to museums. 

I love to ski, sail, golf and drive. 

I love life and to live.
I love to introduce my favourite places and tastes* :)
*Basically I'm a Pesco/Semi-vegetarian (less meat), sometimes vegan (monk food, Shojin ryori)
I have a dream, a big dream, and hope to make it come true.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet interesting and good people, hopefully to learn new things, and to become a good friend.
Nevertheless there are billion of peoples in the world, the only person I can meet is just 0.00001% or less!? So I want to cherish peoples I met in CS as a person of destiny whom Gods let me introduce.
Pass Word is 縁 (en, =destiny/fate)

Interests

I can introduce my favourite places, views, things, events, activities and tastes in Japan,especially Kyoto and its suburbs.
As to cooking, easy and simple Japanese such as Karaage, Tempura, Katsu Curry, Hayashi rice, Sushi, Oden (Izumo-style), Sukiyaki (Izumo-style), Dashimaki, Nick-Jaguar, Omrice, Onigiri, Tempura WarigoSoba, Okonomiyaki (Izumo-style), Yakisoba (Izumo-style), Tsukemono, Takiawase, Ohitashi, Miso Ramen, Agedashi Tofu and Mochi to you:)

• cooking
• vegetarian
• yoga
• meditation
• gardening
• traveling
• socializing
• fishing
• sailing
• skiing
• golf
• tantra
• healthy lifestyle

Music, Movies, and Books

Classics _ (Smetana "Moldau", Mozart "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss II, Dvorak, Bizet, Puccini, Wagner, Brahms.......)
Opera _ (Tosca, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Turandot, Carmen, Madama Butterfly, Otello...... )
Nou _ (Dojoji, Takasago, Oimatsu, Hagoromo, Tsurukame, Hashi-Benkei, Matsukaze, Kusanagi...... )
J-pop _ (Tsuyoshi Ngabuchi, Miri Natsukawa, Yutaka Ozaki, Namie Amuro, PRG, X-Japan.....)
Enka _ (Teresa Teng, Hibari Misora, Shin-ichi Mori, Sayuri Ishikawa, Alice, Harumi Miyako......)
Folk Music of Scotland _ (Auld Lang Syne, Scotland the Brave, Greensleeves, My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean Song, The Water Is Wide....... )

"GODZILLA (Japan original)", "Shall We Dance? (Japan original)", "Shichinin no Samurai (Seven Samurai)", "Suna no Utsuwa (Castle of Sand)", "Hachiko Monogatari (Japan original)" , "An Officer and a Gentleman", "Pretty Woman", "Hachi: a Dog's Tale (Hollywood remake)", "Das Boot",
"Un Homme et Une Femme", "Cassablanca", "Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром! (The Ivory of Fate)", "Jurassic Park", "Contagion"

"Sakanoue no Kumo" Ryotaro Shiba
"Wagahaiwa Neko dearu" Soseki Natsume
"Kinkakuji" Yukio Mishima
"Sunano Utsuwa" Seicho Matsumoto
"The Snows of Kilimanjaro" Ernest Hemingway
"The Great Gatsby" F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Das Schloss" Franz Kafka
"And Then There Were None" Agatha Christie
"The Long Good Bye" Raymond Chandler
"Gigolo and Gigolette" William Semerset Maugham
"Bonjour Tristesse" Franceise Sagan
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" Truman Capote

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've met a crocodile in US golf course and seen baby dinosaurs in Cancun Mexico.
I've done driving across US (MD→CA) and imported the Mazda 6 from US :)
I've travelled around US by Amtrak.
I've travelled around Ukraine by Ukrzaliznytsia.
I've been buried in the snow with an avalanche in Mt. Norikura but still alive :)
You'll see bathing monkey in snow mountains and praying deer in Japan :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I wanna communicate with many peoples, experience different culture and life, and share a good time with good peoples.

I can teach you famous and easy Japanese cooking, Karaage, Tempura, Katsu Curry, Hayashi rice, Dashimaki, Nick-Jaguar, Sushi, Omrice, Onigiri, Okonomiyaki (Hiroshima-style), Tsukemono, Ohitashi, Nimono, Miso soup, Miso Ramen and Mochi.
I can teach you Japanese language, culture, customs, business, amusement, life, secret informations and so on.

I love to learn anything interesting, new, good, fun and happy.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I wish share a good time with hosts/guests while talking and doing something together.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States