Place of residence : Zimbabwe (since April, 2002)

Occupation : Manager of a company

Birth place : Miyagi Japan

Hobby :

 Overseas trekking (hiking)

    The followings are my overseas trekking histories.

'89 Northern mountain area, An elephant and a raft are also used.

       (Thailand)

'90 Zukuela mountain (Ethiopia)

'91 Ielu mountain, Oliso (Ethiopia)

'91 African highest peak Mt. Kilimanjaro (5895m Tanzania),

     Mt. Kenya (to 4955m Kenya)
'96 Annapurna base camp in Himalayas (4100m Nepal)
'97 Oct, Mt. Everest (to Kala Pattar 5600m Nepal)
'97 Nov, The hardest charity hike in the world "100km 

      trail of Hong Kong" It was the second time. (Completed 

      the four major Hong Kong trails)
'98  Inca trail (Peru), Jungle hiking in Amazon (Luke, Bolivia).
'99  Indian Himalayas (Ladakh 5000m).
'00 Dec, Jungle hiking (Tortuguero, Costa Rica).
'01 Jan, Mt. Saint Maria (3772m Guatemala)
'01 Aug, Nanga Parbat base camp, Fnza (4000m Pakistan).
'02 Jul, Mozambique highest peak Mt Binga (2437m) in

      Chimanimani National Park (Zimbabwe)
'02 Dec, Pony trekking (Lesotho)
'03 May, Walking safari in Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe).
'03 Aug, Zimbabwe highest peak Mt. Inyangani(2593m) in

     Nyanga National Park (Zimbabwe).

'03 Dec Namib dersert hiking (Sossusvlei, Namibia).

My dream is standing on the top of South America highest peak, Aconcagua.

  Overseas travel

     I like overseas travel and I visited 39 countries.

'85 Mar, Pakistan, Britain, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Italy,

            Vatican, Greece, Switzerland, France.

'87 Apr,  Hong Kong, Macao, China (Guanzhou).

'87 Dec, South Korea (Soul).

'88 Nov, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia.

'89 Jul,  Thailand (Chiang mai).

'90 Jul,  Germany, Ethiopia (8 months).

'91 Mar, Kenya (1 month), Britain.

'91 Jul,  Kenya (1 year).

'92 Jan, Tanzania (Mt. Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar), Uganda.

'92 Aug, Ethiopia, Egypt (Luxor), Turkey (Cappadocia).

'93 Nov, Philippines (Puerto Garrela).

'95 Mar, Hong Kong (5 years), Macao.

'96 Nov, South Africa (Cape Town), Zimbabwe, Botswana.

'96 Jan, Nepal (Himalayas, Pokhara)

'97 Oct, Nepal (Himalayas, Mt. Everest)

'98 Aug, Philippines (Caohagan island).

'98 Oct, Peru (Cuzco), Bolivia (La Paz), the United States (Miami).

'98 Dec, Philippines (Bora Khai island).

'99 Sep, India (Ladakh, Leh)

'99 Nov, Thailand (Ayutthaya).

'99 Dec, China (Guilin).

'00 Jul,  United States (Hawaii).

'00 Dec, Costa Rica (San Jose, Tortuguero), United States    

             (Loss Angels).

'01 Jan,  Guatemala (Antigua, Pnajachel).

'01 Aug,  China (Kashgar, Silk Road), Pakistan (Funza).

'02 Feb,  Zimbabwe (Mutare one month), Singapore.

'02 Apr,  Hong Kong, Zimbabwe.

'02 Dec, South Africa (Cape Town, Garden route), 

             Lesotho (Malealea).

'03 Hong Kong (Buying goods for Zimbabewan life).

'03 Botswana (Chobe National Park).

'03 Namibia (Etosha National Park, Swakopmund,Sossusvlei).

'04 Mozambique (Vilankulo, Bazaruto Archipelago).

I had lived in Ethiopia ('90) and in Kenya ('91, 92) as a member of Japanese Overseas Cooperation Volunteers.

I had lived in Hong Kong for 5 years as an employee assigned to the Hong Kong office (from '95 to '99).

I have been living in Zimbabwe with Yacchy (wife) since April '02. 

I want to visit 100 countries in my life.

 Travel in Japan

I traveled all the prefectures except Okinawa by motorcycle (Kawasaki Zeffer 1100cc).

 Dragon boat

I was crazy about Dragon boating in Hong Kong. I visited  South Africa, Osaka (Japan), Thailand, and Hawaii for races.
I  was the member of the Hong Kong Japanese club dragon boat club. I had made the website of the club from 96 to 99.

I am the remote place member of Tokyo dragon since '00.

 English

I like reading paperbacks or watching dramas and movie in English.