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: A tram passing by the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.
I am a fan of Harajuku street fashion and try to incorporate elements of it into my own style. I sporadically post my outfits on my Instagram.
Pictured: Me on the Nobeyama Plateau (野辺山高原) in Nagano prefecture, Japan.
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 CBS pictured here (somehow the school 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: An old information display formerly used in the dispatching center of the Sanyō Shinkansen (山陽新幹線; high speed rail line in West Japan between Osaka and Fukuoka). Taken at the Kyoto Railway Museum (京都鉄道博物館).
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.