Currently I'm not hosting.
I'll be in Istanbul on 27th May.

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I'm Sota. A forever traveler who loves to exchange story and to meet people with diverse backgrounds.

Long story short, all of my Couchsurfing hosts who I met through the trips were incredibly nice human beings:) I was given a lot. Now simply I'd really like to give you something back with the hospitality as if I was given before! That's the biggest reason I'm here.

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The year 2021 after a year of traveling around the world I moved to one of the remotest area in Japan to experience Japanese mountain lifestyle.

I worked as a government officer to redesign Okawa village in Kochi prefecture, which has been facing an serious aging society with a low birthrates.
A very important lesson that I've learnt was that heart to heart communication or dialogue would lead us to make healthy society.

Since May, 2023 I quit the job and started co-living with six unique but brilliant youths to develop healthy relationships with people by dialogue. It's an attempt for me to make sure if human beings can overcome any conflict within and between others over any conditions with joy!
The process is something I'd love to show you. We need more wisdom from all over the world!

Lastly, I am somehow working at traditional miso & soy sauce brewery. Now I'm an apprentice! You can ask me how to make them.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm a believer of possibilities and potential of us, human.

We are superficially different. Different ages, nationality, cultural background, gender, jobs, life experience. Absolutely diverse. This diversity always amazes me!

However, we are fundamentally the same. Two eyes to see, two hands to handshake, two legs to walk, one heart of sending and catching love from others.
I believe couch surfers know it. Beyond any differences we feel connected. I love people who try their very best to know each other!

I like exchanging positive energy. I was given a lot by other hosts. When I pass you something I got before, you start feeling to give someone something. And it's repeated ... Isn't it wonderful?

Interests

I'm interested in self-development.
Who am I? Who are we?
From Individual perspective and Species perspective.

We really don't know about ourselves yet. It's not so long time ago that people started knowing that one planet is shared. It's not so long time ago that many more people started understanding that there are something we can't buy.

• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• backpacking
• permaculture
• dialogue
• self-development
• fermentation
• soy sauce

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : Oldies(70s-80s)

Books: I'm a bookworm:)

Movies: Matrix, Star Wars, Inception, studio Ghibli series...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

《Amazing things I've seen or done》
+Lost baggage in England though it's very first time for me to go out of Japan

+One week epic kayaking trip in nearby Tofino, BC, Canada . Paddled out on Pacific Ocean camping at dessert islands. And helped my friends build their house

+Crossed border between Thailand and Malaysia by train. My wallet was stolen as soon as reached airport

+Jumped into Couchsurfing world and had my first experience in Hawaii

+Worked at small handmade mountain cabin in the middle of Japan. Saw sunrise at the summit of the mountain on New Year's Day of 2019

+Completed Annapuruna circuit trail in Nepal. Walked about 140km and reached Thorang La Pass 5416m

+Hitchhiked on the highway with my CS host in Turkey to see her family

+Walked Camino de Santiago（French way）779km, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain

+Survived in Guatemala without vaccination Thank you for JP passport

+Spent first Christmas out of my country in Medellín, Colombia

+New Year at rainy Cusco with friends with drinks without fireworks

+listened to Pink Floyd at night seeing full of star in the sky in Uyuni, Bolivia

+Completed W trekking in Torres del Paine

+Hitchhiked on ruta 40. Totally over 1000km and stuck in a town for two months due to covid safety measures.

+Moved from Tokyo to Kochi. Did mushroom hunting I was nearly dead.

+Started Co-living and learning about soy sauce and miso!

Many more are coming!

Teach, Learn, Share

Basic knowledge about the fermentation process of soy sauce and miso! Maybe Japanese food(washoku)

What I Can Share with Hosts

1, sharing travel experience and about me
2, introduction of Japan and Japanese culture
3, cooking something Japanese
4, keeping your place clean, tidy and comfortable
5, exchange an opportunity to welcome to my place!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Peru, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan