Foreign countries

California(Santa Cruz) - USA 08/Aug/2007 - 03/Sep/2007

My first abroad experience! I studied at UCSC extension and spent great summer there.

Hawaii(Kona) - USA 06/Jan/2009 - 09/Jan/2009

My trip to Hawai to attend international conderence. So nice place! (Hawai International Conference on System Sciences)

Shanghai - China 26/Feb/2010 - 29/Feb/2010

Trip with my lab mates. Shanghai is an energetic place.

Ho-Chi-Mynh city - Vietnam 11/Oct/2010 - 14/Oct/2010

This was my first trip went by myself. I got to know some people there. People were so friendly. I love VN!

Hong-Kong and Macau 27/Apr/2011 - 30/Apr/2011

I stayed very cheap guest house there. Hong-Kong was so interesting and energetic place. I’d like to go there again.

Ho-Chi-Mynh city (Vietnam) and Siem reap (Cambodia) - 15/Oct/2011 - 23/Oct/2011

Visited my friend in Ho-Chi-Mynh city (we became a friend when I traveled here in 2010). After that, I moved to Cambodia by bus from Ho-Chi-Mynh city. Angkor Wat, Beng Mealea, and other ruins were so nice.

Hawai(Honolulu) - USA 10/Dec/2011 - 13/Dec/2011

Run Honolulu marathon with my colleague. So tired! but great memory :)

Chengdu(成都) - China 02/May/2012 - 07/May/2012

I read 三国志(Three Kingdom Saga - Chinese historical story) and would like to visit the place. China is so interesting country.

Ho-Chi-Mynh city, Da Lat - Vietnam 30/Sep/2012 - 02/Oct/2012

With my Vietnamese friends. Great people.

Delhi, Agra and Varanasi - India 03/Oct/2012 - 07/Oct/2012

Finally! I went to the Ganges. India was also so interesting country. I’d like to go there again …

Paris and Mont-St-Michael - France 23/Mar/2013 - 28/Mar/2013

Paris, especially Notre Dame was so fantastic! I love that city and Mont-Saint-Michel is the best world heritage I’ve ever visited. What a beautiful place!!

Paris and Spain (Malaga, Sevila and Granada)

As I love flamenco, Sevila is the special place. Also Granada and Malaga are nice.

Hong Kong, Nepal(Kathmandu and Pokara)) and Singapore

I traveled Nepal.

Before and after Nepal, I visited Hong Kong and Singapore to meet my friend and ex-boss. That was so nice time.

New York - USA 20/Sep/2014

I attended Maker Fair New York! I was really excited about so many interesting products by makers!

Paris and Mont-St-Michael 04/Apr/2015 - 09/Apr/2015

Third time for me to visit Paris :) This time with my girlfriend.

Dublin (Ireland) and Amsterdam (Netherlands) - 24/May/2015 - 16/Jun/2015

Business trip to Dublin and I stayed there for about three weeks.

After biz trip, I spent three days off in Amsterdam. Love the city!

Washington (Seattle) and California (San Francisco and Palo Alto) USA - 16/Sep/2015 - 22/Sep/2015

First time Seattle. I met some of my colleagues there.

After that, I visited San Francisco again (Finally!!)

Taipei - Taiwan 19/May/2016 - 22/May/2016

Traveled Taipei with my girlfriend. Jiufen (九份) was beautiful place as we expected :)

Taipei and Kaohsiung - Taiwan 03/Dec/2016 - 05/Dec/2016

I attended my friend’s (my former colleague) wedding party :) After that we went to Kaohsiung and enjoyed the city.

Varanasi - India 08/Mar/2017 - 13/Mar/2017

I visited Varanasi again to join a tour hold by Japanese professional cameraman Masashi Mitsui.

Local trips while living in the US (09/2017~)

Death Valley National Park and Las Vegas (Nevada)

Hillsboro (Oregon)

San Francisco (California)

Seattle (Washington)

Los Angeles (California)

Santa Barbara (California) - Road trip to Seattle Day1

Monterey (California) - Road trip to Seattle Day2

Sacramento (California) - Road trip to Seattle Day3

Medford (Oregon) - Road trip to Seattle Day4

Portland (Oregon) - Road trip to Seattle Day5

Seattle (Washington)

Crystal Mountain (Washington)

Kingman / Seligman / Grand Canyon / Flagstaff (Arizona) - Arizona Road Trip Day1-3

Sedona and Phoenix (Arizona) Arizona Road Trip Day4-5

Fairbanks and Anchorage (Alaska)

Monterey (California)

Lake Tahoe (California)

Honolulu (Hawaii)

Irvine and Newport Beach (California)

New York City (New York)

Napa (California)

San Francisco (California)

Kona (Hawaii)

Japan

Niigata - Mar/2008

Tochigi (Nasu) - Sep/2009

Kyoto - May/2010

Nagano - Feb/2012

Okinawa (Naha) - Mar/2012

Hiroshima - Dec/2012

Okinawa (Ishigaki) - Jan/2014

Ishigaki Island Marathon! with my friends.

Kumamoto and Miyazaki - Jun/2014

Kyoto and Nara - Nov/2014

Hokkaido (Hakodate, Toya, and Otaru) - Oct/2015

Nagano (Karuizawa) - Sep/2017

Ehime (Dogo) - Dec/2015

Nagano (Kamikochi) - Aug/2016

Okinawa (Ishigaki) - Jan/2017

Ishigaki Island Marathon! with my friends again!

Kagoshima (Yakushima) - Aug/2017

Chiba (Katsuura) - Dec/2019

Kagawa (Takamatsu, Yashima, Marugame) - Jan/2020

Tochigi (Utsunomiya and Kinugawa) - Mar/2021

Kanagawa (Yokohama) - Apr/2021

Shimoda (Shizuoka) - Mar/2022