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

  • Vegan Japan Tour — Guiding Now

    From 16 February to 01 March 2025, I’m guiding and interpreting for a vegan group across Japan. We explore the Japanese countryside (Ibaraki, Kochi, Wakayama prefectures) in addition to the usual current & past capitals (Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara). I’m excited to make Japan travel more inclusive, to connect Japanese producers to world gourmets (including an…

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  • Osaka Noh Festa 🎭 An Unprecedented Opportunity

    Osaka Noh Festa 🎭 An Unprecedented Opportunity

    Osaka Noh Festa, its exclusive backstage tour and last 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 for its 8 events in Tanimachi, Tenma-bashi, Tenma-tenjin, and Uemachi districts of Osaka city until October. May this campaign intrigue many and…

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  • Kigi Restaurant — Vegan Appetizers & Sushi In Tokyo

    Kigi Restaurant — Vegan Appetizers & Sushi In Tokyo

    I just savoured cute and well-textured appetizers & sushi cooked using local organic ingredients (farmed within 80 km of Tokyo) at Kigi restaurant. The daikon appetizer felt so refreshing in the summer heat! B Corp with 3 stars for the Food Made Good sustainable standard, the company is an exception in Japan. Will my Japan…

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  • Matsuri Japanese Festivals

    Matsuri Japanese Festivals are one of the most exciting aspects of life in Japan: there is always one here or there, they look so different, and the local community will be happy to let you join if you live or work in the area (I had the honour of carrying an omikoshi portable shrine during…

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  • Expo 2025 — See You There!

    Expo 2025 — See You There!

    Woohoo! I 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 service…

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  • With Canadian Journalist Carla Bragagnini In Tokyo

    With Canadian Journalist Carla Bragagnini In Tokyo

    In Tokyo, I accompanied Canadian journalist Carla Bragagnini covering crafts in Asia, introducing her to a 435 y.o. shinise business, a World Expo award winner, Purveyors to the Imperial Household, a Hello Kitty partner, an antenna shop with vegan certifications… blessed with a blue sky and rows of cherry blossoms. These sustainable, resilient and surprising…

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  • ミヨコ・シナー氏と共に日本でヴィーガンツアー成功!

    ミヨコ・シナー氏とともに初めての外国人ヴィーガン(菜食主義者)団体ツアーが茨城、高知などを巡り無事に終わりました。私はジャパントラベル㈱のガイドとして成田空港から伊丹空港までずっと一緒に過ごしました。 Blueskyで写真とショート動画をたくさんシェアしました(スレッド)。線香や醤油の工場見学、味噌や酒造りの体験、ヴィーガン寿司の料理教室、護摩たき供養、蓮根農家で食べ比べなどなど🙂

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  • Voyage végétalien au Japon avec Miyoko Schinner

    Belle réussite de notre voyage végétalien au Japon avec l’activiste culinaire Miyoko Schinner ! Guide pour l’agence de voyages Japan Travel KK, j’ai accompagné le groupe de 22 américains durant tout le voyage de l’aéroport de Narita à l’aéroport d’Itami. Découvrez photos & vidéos dans mon fil sur Bluesky : repas, activités uniques…

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