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INTERVIEWS

Do you get bored of cold weather? – Tell me, Japanese people! Vol.18

February 08 2018

Produced by Isao Tokuhashi Edited by Katy Phillips Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   SHIBUYA HOTEL EN *Photo provided by SHIBUYA HOTEL EN The hotel is a 7-minute walk from Shibuya station and its JR, Tokyu, Keio, and Tokyo Metro lines. From the outside, it looks very western, but inside each floor is decorated to showcase both traditional and modern Japan. Many visitors from around the world have chosen this hotel for their travels around Tokyo. *See this page for more details. *Photos provided by SHIBUYA HOTEL EN 日本語   Man from UK I’m from Cardiff in Wales. This is my first

INTERVIEWS

Startups that don’t make innovation happen aren’t worthy of existence.

August 21 2012

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Hiroaki Taira Entrepreneur Today we features a Japanese IT entrepreneur who used to live in the Silicon Valley in his youth. Hiroaki Taira moved around Japan with his family because his father, a semi-conductor engineer, was transferred to some branches. Then his family went to Silicon Valley, but he left the ventures’ playground long before he started business. Eventually he looked at Thailand, which is still a “developing” country in the IT field. He gambled on its possibility and aimed at a place which has not been reclaimed yet, not

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I feel I’m really happy because I’ve been working on what I love.

February 12 2010

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Weerasakreck Wongpasser (Thailand) Muay thai gym owner (He’s been in Japan since ’93) We introduce you to a man who has experienced the “Japanese dream”. Weerasakreck Wongpasser, who has built up many muay thai fighters. When he left his country, Thailand, he brought only a bag and small amount of money. But now he owns nine muay thai gyms in the Greater Tokyo area and Southern Japan. He had an abundance of energy and a strong will to fulfill his dream. Also his love for his parents powered the success of his