🇬🇧 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㈱の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。
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Rotemburo — Outdoor Hot Springs In Japan
I’m a big fan of rotemburo (露天風呂) outdoor hot springs in Japan, and warmly recommend them especially after hiking or cycling. Rotemburo views vary with: Some rotemburo are just “ponds in nature” but those part of facilities are typically partly roofed and thus suitable during rain & snow. In Kurokawa-onsen village, I even discovered an…
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Winter In Japan
Winter is wonderful in Japan; probably my favourite season here! It’s perfect for slow & rejuvenating baths in hot springs surrounded by snowy mountains, gathering with friends (+ random encounters) at seasonal bars, photos with huge statues at e.g. Sapporo Snow Festival, frozen lakes, the gravel-like sound of waves in partially-frozen seas… And for all…
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Kura Sushi — With Plant-Based Foods
Surprisingly, the standard menu of Kura Sushi chain restaurants in Japan includes diverse plant-based sushi and desserts. We just savoured: Kura Sushi operates 543 restaurants in Japan. Its 61 restaurants in the USA and 56 in Taiwan have different menus. In the frame of the 2025 world expo in Osaka, Kura Sushi launched an Expo…
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Expo 2025 World Cuisines — Everywhere In Japan!
Today, world cuisines of 70 countries appeared at Kura Sushi chain restaurants all over Japan as part of a 2025 World Expo campaign. For practical reasons, each restaurant only features one world cuisine in addition to the standard menu. You’d currently have to eat at 70 restaurants to taste all the dishes… Still, that’s great…
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Expo 2025 — See You There!
Woohoo! I just got asked to work at a pavilion of Expo 2025, the world expo taking place in Osaka from 13 April to 13 October 2025 🎉 Like during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, I’ll be dispatched by my company Japan Travel KK. I’m so glad that I live in Japan, acquired successful customer…
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Male Geisha Met In Tokyo
The flurry of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) discussions following the start of the 2025 Trump presidency reminded me of my most surprising encounter in 20 years in Japan: a male geisha! Respect to him for overcoming stringent Japanese traditions, respect to his community for making it happen, and respect to Tricolage travel agency for…