President, Hokkaido Adventure Travel Association, Director, Asian Ecotourism Organization. He graduated from He graduated from Lincoln University in New Zealand with a degree in national Park management and conservation and Hokkaido University majoring in tourism creativity. He serves as a director of NPO Japan Ecotourism Center, and the Asian Ecotourism Organization, President of the Hokkaido Adventure Travel Association, member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Committee, and principal of Daisetsuzan Nature School.