I am an avid urbanist and transit enthusiast, and I like trainspotting in my free time. This video explaining the Tokyo area rail network heavily features footage shot by me!
Pictured: My progress on riding all train lines in Japan (so far, 20% complete)
I've recently discovered a newfound passion in picking up heavy things and putting them down again. My current top weights:
squat: 225 lbs
deadlift: 225 lbs
bench press: don't worry about it haha
Pictured: My first time squatting 225 lbs!
My style is loosely based on Japanese genderless and goth punk styles. People sometimes say I look like an anime villain. I sporadically post my outfits on my Instagram.
Pictured: Me at Jericho Beach in Vancouver.
I enjoy playing rhythm games, especially Maimai. On weekends and vacations you can sometimes find me at the arcade.
Pictured: My face when I fall 0.12% short of S-rank...
My name is written as 森 in Japanese, meaning "forest."
Pictured: A poster titled forest (森) made by Japanese graphic designer Yamashiro Ryuichi (山城隆一) in 1955. Image upscaled by my friend Andrea, since high-res images of the poster are hard to come by.
Sometimes I like to make satirical redesigns of school logos, such as my proposed rebranding for UBC pictured here (somehow the university hasn't decided to adopt it yet).
All photos on this site are taken by or of me unless otherwise specified.
Homepage banner: Three trains pass by 125th Street Station (by Columbia Business School) on the 1 line in New York. A downtown 1 train is approaching on the nearest track, an uptown 1 train has just departed the station on the far track, and an out-of-service 3 train is emerging from 137th Street Yard on the center track. A rare trifecta!
Research tab banner: The downtown Vancouver skyline, as seen from Jericho Beach.
Teaching tab banner: Teaching my MS in Marketing Science course, "Statistical Modeling and Decision Making," at CBS in 2022.
Credential tab banner: The rose garden at UBC.
Fun facts tab banner: The view from Obasute Station (姨捨駅) in Nagano prefecture during sunset; said to be one of the 3 great views from a train in Japan (日本三大車窓), and the only one still accessible today.