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Overview

  • 19 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Japanese; learning Chinese, English
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • primary school teacher
  • a bachelor of educational degree
  • From Japan
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Free Hugger

ABOUT ME

I will be a primary school teacher in Japan though I don´t wanna be a teacher till I see,hear,taste,smell,feel anything in the world.Then after all,back in Japan to be a teacher,I´ll tell my students about how amazing the world is.That´s my plan.

PHILOSOPHY

When I do good,I feel good.When I do bad,I feel bad.That´s my belief.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I camp a lot cuz I travel by bicycle.So nomally I have not many opportunities to talk to people .Then I felt that this was not fun at all.I wanna see people,I wanna know people,and I wanna make many foreign friends.So I created the account to join this awesome project.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have some CouchSurfing experiences though it's been already 2 years. I´m really lookin forward to seeing new people always tho actually 40% nervous,60% exciting.lol

Interests

I love music and I love playing the ukulele.Music makes us feel connected each other no matter what language it is. And makes us smile.That´s why I love it.

  • coffee
  • youtube
  • ukulele
  • travelling
  • vlogging
  • free hugs

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:Once,Forrest Gump,Remember the titans
TV dramas:Friends,How I met your mother,Glee
Music:Bruno Mars,Jason Mraz,One Republic,Coldplay,Jay Cho

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I like making videos which give people hope or goose bumps.

I took the free hugs campaign in Korea 13 years ago.
As you may not know, but Korea-Japan relations are getting worse n worse because of some political issues at the time.
People think there is no way to get along each other as long as we have those issues.
But I have lots of Korean friends and I like them so much.
Then who am I? to just lay there and do nothing.
So I took the free hugs campaign as new approach to make peace.
Pls check out my video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXqWJNOAX8M&t=127s

Since then, I've been doing free hugs in different countries.
You can check my history on Tiktok.
Here is my Tiktok account : https://www.tiktok.com/@freehugs4peace

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to make a origami crane which is Japanese traditional thing. It is commonly said that folding 1000 paper origami cranes makes a person's wish come true.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Namibia, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, Japan

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