Team Category: Guide

Adina Sakamoto

Kansai Guide Let’s get to know each other! I graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration, International Relations, in 2004, in Iasi. I immediately decided to follow a new path and came to Japan to study Japanese. From the very first days, Japan impressed me with its unique musicality: a special vibe that comes from…

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Ionuța Iwanaga

Tokyo Guide Let’s get acquainted! I graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Bucharest (specializing in Japanese-Hindi) and completed the master’s courses at Tokyo Gakugei University (specializing in teaching Japanese). I am passionate about travel, foreign languages, and reading. I first came to Japan in 2000 with a one-year…

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Sabina Yamamoto

Tokyo Guide Let’s get acquainted! Maybe I’m one of those lucky people who didn’t seek out Japan, but Japan came to me. And it happened at a rather young age, around 13, when I was already learning the first words in Japanese and showing them off at school. My first visit to Japan took place…

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Alina Sasaki

Tokyo Guide Let’s get acquainted! I discovered Japan when I was around 14-15 years old, when I first heard the Japanese language and fell in love with it. I was fortunate to find a course on Japanese culture and language, taught by a Japanese volunteer right in my hometown. During the Japanese culture classes, I…

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Bianca Yamaguchi

Kansai Guide Let’s get acquainted! After graduating from University, Psychology major in Constanța, destiny brought me to Japan in 2011 with an internship in Aichi Prefecture. After the internship, I decided to stay here permanently and got a job in Tokyo where I worked for 5 years. I didn’t enjoy corporate life, so I became…

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Andrei Herinean

Kansai Guide Let’s get acquainted! I developed a passion for Japan during high school, in a somewhat unusual way – by discovering Japanese martial arts. I didn’t know much besides the fact that samurais fought with ninjas and a real katana could cut through nails and tanks, but it was a start. My first “excursion”…

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