Category: Work (old)
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My 46th Year 🎂 With Work-Life Balance
Building on the crisis-induced clarity acquired last year, my 46th year starts with 5-day birthday holidays. I celebrated today with a charming flower tea in Yokohama at Monkey-Magic Teahouse Chaso, appreciating our era of freedom and long healthy life in good company 🙂 I resumed meditation and played more with my cats (running & cooking…
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My 45th Year ⚖️ Work-Life Balance Crisis
Through a powerful realization about work-life balance midway, my 45th year was transformative beyond significant professional milestones. These achievements came at the expense of my well-being despite my peaceful environment in Japan but I already feel the positive impact of first intentional changes honouring both aspects of my life. A Pivotal Moment Of Clarity A…
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Miyoko Schinner’s Vegan Tours 🗺️ India, Japan, Tanzania in 2026
Vegan tourism & hospitality thrive with exclusive 2026 expeditions 🌿 I’m thrilled to announce the continued partnership of my company Japan Travel KK with Forbes-featured award-winning chef/entrepreneur Miyoko Schinner as she leads new tours in Asia & Africa. Having guided her lovely group during our first Japan vegan tour in 2025, I can attest to…
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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
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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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
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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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…
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Atomic Bomb Survivor Met In Nagasaki
Nowhere else in the world, and only for a few more years due to ageing… Meet an atomic bomb survivor in Japan like I recently did thanks to Nagasaki International Tourism & Convention Association! Discussing with this 90 y.o. Japanese was my most special moment of 2024 ✨ It also gave a special feeling to…