Category: Work
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Haneda Innovation City Unveiled
Thrilling day: I witnessed the birth of Japan’s first smart airport city with the minister of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism, governor of Tokyo, mayor of Ota, and key stakeholders. Like me, you can ride a driverless bus, see robots cook & serve meals, enjoy the 3D printing of vegan sushis… Tour Haneda…
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Osaka MICE Videos
4 videos, result of my first big-client project as business development manager ✔ Helping introduce Osaka to international & Japanese organizers of meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions is exhilarating with the 2025 World Expo in mind, its track record (1970 World Expo, APEC & G20 meetings…) and its cultural assets (Osaka-founded bunraku puppet theatre is a UNESCO Heritage of…
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Causette Joli Shops in Kyoto & Kamakura
Exciting first times for me: business development for a Japanese cosmetics company, once-in-a-lifetime-product campaign (R&D for a new time-limited product every season), brand photography, and mostly female/LGBTQ+ market! Surprised? It still connects with my work promoting tourism in Japan. Causette Joli shops in Kyoto & Kamakura sell location-exclusive nail polishes but generic products are also available nationwide…
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Beyond Academy – Internships in Tokyo in diverse industries
My first project as business development manager for Japan Travel KK was to help Beyond Academy promote its great internship programs in Tokyo. We created a dedicated landing page with a unique design and helped increase both brand awareness (internships on 4 continents in 18 industries) and awareness of their internship opportunities in Tokyo. To…
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Tokushima Prefectural Museum – Manual For Guides of Inbound Groups
I visited Tokushima Prefectural Museum and collaborated with museum historians to create an illustrated manual for guides of inbound groups visiting the museum for the first time, usable before travelling to Tokushima as well as while guiding at the museum. I wrote all the content in English but we added Japanese translations to the 28-page…
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Inbound Marine Sustainable Tourism In Okinawa – A Seminar For Local Businesspeople
On behalf of Japan Travel KK, I gave a talk with Q&A about inbound marine sustainable tourism during an online seminar in Japanese organized by Okinawa Marine Leisure Safety Bureau for businesspeople of Okinawa prefecture. The goals of my presentation were to: Better understanding sustainability and regenerative practices enabled attendees to identify and capitalize on…
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Yoshino-Kumano National Park – Starry Sky Then Sunrise Sea Of Clouds
I spent a few days at Yoshino-Kumano national park to provide consulting related to inbound sustainable tourism. We visited an area restricted to protect the ecosystem: 30 visitors maximum per day, guide compulsory, and pre-registration needed! The awesome starry sky was unexpected: no mention beforehand, mentions during the trip that the area is famous for…
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Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park – A Week Of Adventure Tourism
I stayed a week with passionate Japanese rangers at Ashizuri-Uwakai national park to do consulting related to inbound adventure/sustainable tourism (surprisingly with a touch of regenerative tourism). That was really great, full of surprises, and full of interesting discussions in Japanese with the rangers. We saw unique nodules that space scientists apparently come study from…
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Japan Travel Podcast
As part of my work for Japan Travel KK, I created and hosted a travel podcast during the covid-19 pandemic (and Japan’s closed borders). I covered mainstream topics such as the cherry blossoms and ski in Japan as well as professional events such as the Japan Tourism Showcase in Osaka, Kansai and Tokyo Tokyo Delicious…
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Christian Pilgrimage To Goto Archipelago
I spent a few days in Goto Archipelago to do consulting and help develop religious tourism related to the UNESCO world heritage “Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region“. The officials wish to develop Christian pilgrimages, a topic for which difficulty of access is less a problem than for more generic tourism (more alternatives). Still,…