Hello everybody wherever you happen to be right now :)
As of now, my heart naturally leans towards the following culture and civilizations (encompassing from 1) dietary culture, architectural style, traditional handicraft, national costume, 2) lifestyle, values, and mentality, 3) history, politics, economy, geopolitics, and international relations).
-Those of Central Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Caucasus, Eastern Europe, and Mediterranean (including Maghreb) along the silk road.
-That of Latin America
As for my favorite pastime, I am generally fond of intercultural exchange (as a bridge between Japan and the rest of others at the grassroots level), intellectually stimulating dialogue, tea or meal meeting, foreign languages, self-cultivation (building of my own unique individuality, emotional mainstay, and guiding principles in life through exposure to diverse culture, art, spirituality, and philosophy), self-expression (a reflection of inner richness, profoundness, and width), samurai history (specifically the areas of Sengoku and Azuchi Momoyama period as part of my identity development), tea culture (Japanese tea ceremony, porcelain or painted glass tea sets collection, and tea drinking coupled with teacakes, assorted sliced fruits, and waterpipe), bathing culture(Steambath & carbonated hot spring), interior & exterior (1) Japanese Tea house: hanging scroll, shishi-odoshi, tsukubai, water wheel, sunken hearth, 2) Andalusian patio, 3) Persian tiles), psychology & sociology, poetry or quote composition (by analogy with nature, flowers, livings, and objects), mountainous countryside (photographing and hiking around nature, waterfall, river, lake, mountain ridge, and village), and snowboarding ^_^