Californian turned ex-pat turned Missourian who loves rats, chai, and exploring cultures through gastro-tourism. I bounced back and forth between Japan and the USA starting in 2008, wound up on the JET Programme in 2011, and ended up in St Louis in 2015. I'm currently involved with the St Louis-Suwa City Sister Cities Program, so cheers to my favorite prefecture, Nagano!
Art university professor since 2011. Before that, worked for years as a creative director for advertising agencies. Served on the jury at Cannes Lions in 2004. Wrote eight books. Play guitar in a band. Love to play tennis. Living in the center of Tokyo for 20 years and know a lot about the city!
Born in Osaka, Aki graduated from the Faculty of Social Studies at Kwansei Gakuin University and worked as a reporter of the Yomiuri Shimbun, engaging in various coverage activities for about seven years. Specialty areas include airplanes, airport, domestic travel, overseas travel, souvenirs, gourmet, hotel, girls journey, traveling alone, business trips and cameras.
An adventure-loving traveler at heart who's made happy roots in Japan. Still plenty of exploring in her life, however... climbing snowy mountains, running a half-marathon, learning Thai massage, trying new vegan recipes, and of course doing what she can to strengthen the LGBTQ community in Japan.
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