Sébastien Duval (寿春)
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Sébastien Duval

🇬🇧 Greetings from Tokyo! Business development manager and consultant for the media/travel agency Japan Travel KK, I help Japanese ministries, prefectures, cities, and businesses in the event, tourism, and hospitality industries based on 20 years in Japan and stays in 20 countries. Together, we promote long stays, attract & satisfy foreigners, revitalize local economies, and fight depopulation through job creation. I love Japan for its fascinating cultures, outdoor hot springs, diverse hiking grounds from arctic Hokkaido to tropical Okinawa, and I’m very grateful to its great artisans & farmers who taught me so much. I value diversity, inclusivity, sustainability, regeneration, and plant-based lifestyles. Feel free to message me or connect on LinkedIn.

🇫🇷 Salutations depuis Tokyo ! Responsable du développement commercial et consultant pour l’agence média/voyages Japan Travel, j’aide les ministères, départements, villes, et entreprises en événementiel, tourisme et hôtellerie du Japon. En mettant à profit mes 20 ans au Japon et séjours dans 20 pays, nous encourageons les séjours longs, attirons et satisfaisons les étrangers, revitalisons les économies locales et luttons contre la dépopulation en créant des emplois. J’aime le Japon pour ses cultures fascinantes, sources thermales à ciel ouvert, environnements de randonnée variés (arctique à Hokkaido – tropical à Okinawa), et je suis reconnaissant envers ses artisans & agriculteurs exceptionnels qui m’ont tant appris. La diversité, l’inclusion, le durable, la régénération et les modes de vie végétaux me tiennent à cœur. N’hésitez pas à me contacter ou à m’envoyer une demande de connexion sur LinkedIn.

🇯🇵 東京からご挨拶申し上げます!メディア・旅行代理店ジャパントラベル㈱事業開発マネージャー兼コンサルタントとして、在日20年、世界20ヶ国での滞在経験をもとに、イベント・観光・ホスピタリティ産業における日本の省庁、自治体、企業のお手伝いをしています。一緒にロングステイ(長期滞在)を促進し、外国人を惹きつけ、満足させ、地域経済を活性化させ、雇用創出を通じて過疎化に立ち向かいましょう。魅力的な文化、露天風呂、極寒の北海道から南国の沖縄まで様々なハイキングコースがある日本が大好きで、多くのことを教えてくれた素晴らしい職人さんや農家さんにとても感謝しています。私は多様性、包括性、持続可能性、再生、そしてプラント(植物)ベースのライフスタイルを大切にしています。お気軽にお問い合わせフォームまたはリンクトインでご連絡ください。


📰 News ・ ニュース

  • Osaka Noh Festa – An Unprecedented Opportunity

    Osaka Noh Festa – An Unprecedented Opportunity

    Osaka Noh Festa and its unprecedented Noh-on-ship experience fascinatingly showcases the world of Noh to local and international audiences. Since summer, my Japan Travel colleagues and I support ticket sales related to October/November events in Tanimachi, Tenma-bashi, Tenma-tenjin, and Uemachi districts of Osaka city. Learn more below then maybe book the last seats (5,000-10,000 yen…

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  • Professional Photographer In Japan – For You, Your Couple, Your Family

    Professional Photographer In Japan – For You, Your Couple, Your Family

    Why should you hire a professional photographer while travelling solo, as a couple, or with your family in Japan? To capture your joy & surprise, frame you with selected landmarks under a specific angle, document your adventures with little-known sights appearing only at that time, during that season, with that weather… and immortalise you with…

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  • Nogaku – Noh Drama & Kyogen Comic Theatre

    Nogaku – Noh Drama & Kyogen Comic Theatre

    Nogaku (aka Nohgaku) is a type of Japanese theatre. Its two components, Noh drama and Kyogen comic theatre, are performed in the same space, including a walkway and stage. Traditional intermission between Noh acts, Kyogen makes the audience laugh in sharp contrast of the formal, symbolic, and solemn aspects of Noh. Nogaku typically features tales…

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  • Takasago — With Wonders By Gods & Artisans

    Advising businesses in Takasago city (Hyogo prefecture) yesterday & today, I caught the opportunity to visit the Shinto shrine related to the famous Takasago Noh play and another shrine that holds an unusual annual festival featuring “futon” Japanese mattresses. It reminded me of guiding a French group in Takasago city as part of a spiritual…

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  • Matoi-no-kai – A Rising Music Community

    Matoi-no-kai – A Rising Music Community

    Matoi-no-kai’s founder and his team charmed me during the Ziqqurat concert this afternoon at Saitama Arts Theatre. Their captivating performance audaciously blended traditional Japanese music, reflections about civilization, and elements of the Book of Genesis common to the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. And despite a busy sweltering summer (“only” 36℃ outside today), this…

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  • Happo-en — Historic Venue Reimagined For Modern Events

    Happo-en — Historic Venue Reimagined For Modern Events

    I just attended the 2025 Renewal Plan Briefing Session of Happo-en, a renowned Japanese venue with a rich history dating back over four centuries as a garden and restaurant. Getting ready for its centennial anniversary in 2043, Happo-en is embarking on a transformative renovation to remain a premier destination for weddings, MICE events, and corporate…

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  • [LIVE] Sado Island (daily updates till 20 August)

    Check this page again tomorrow for updates, and in the meantime check my stories on Instagram at @SebastienPlus 🙂 I’m on holidays on 15-20 August, enjoying Sado Island (Niigata prefecture) and its Earth Celebration annual music festival with tourism & hospitality professionals striving to make foreign leisure travellers enjoy exciting local activities and to welcome…

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