Digital Nomad
Symposium in Shizuoka

After joining JTB, he worked in the planning division at its US headquarters and in the overseas travel business. Through JTB’s in-house venture scheme he launched JTB Benefit and served as a founding director. He joined JTB Tourism Research & Consulting as a principal researcher in 2012 and moved to the University of Yamanashi in 2016.

A freelance designer from Yokohama. She moved to Koh Tao, Thailand, in 2011 and founded the coworking space TAOHUB in 2016. In 2019 she launched TANEHUB, a coliving space in a renovated vacant house in Akita Prefecture, and in 2022 she founded the Japan Digital Nomad Association.

From Bali, Indonesia. For about ten years he has built coworking and coliving communities in Bali, including Dojo Bali in Canggu and Sokkool Coliving & Coworking. He has long been connected with Japan’s digital nomad community through programs such as Colive Fukuoka and TADAIMA SHIMODA. In Shimoda, he now works to turn one-off stays into lasting friendships between locals and digital nomads — the kind that make people want to come back again and again — and to create a cycle in which nomads’ skills and perspectives feed into local business and daily life.

Founder of Alt_Coliving, which runs two coliving and coworking spaces in Chiang Mai: Alt_ChiangMai in the Old City and Alt_PingRiver in the Wat Ket area. Originally from Hong Kong, he moved to Chiang Mai around 2018 and opened his first space about three years later. In Wat Ket, he leads the Nomad Friendly District initiative and organizes CosmoLocal CNX, a pop-up village that brings together global talent and local residents. Colive Fukuoka, held in Fukuoka, is an international partner of the program.

A member of the Nomad Friendly District (NFD) working group in Chiang Mai Province. In the San Pa Khoi–Wat Ket area, she uses the historic Anusarn Building as one of her bases, connecting local residents, businesses, the younger generation, and the public and private sectors to advance initiatives in the creative economy, arts and culture, and community revitalization. She is currently helping lead the NFD initiative to develop the area as a model district for Chiang Mai — a project exploring new ways for local communities, digital nomads and long-term international residents to live, interact and collaborate. Beyond economic impact, it aims to foster the exchange of knowledge and skills and to build a network connecting the region with the world. She places importance on protecting the area’s own identity and way of life while turning the opportunities of a changing world into sustainable local development.

Joined Izukyu Corporation in 1991. After working in divisions including railway operations, property leasing and retail, he moved to sales. He serves as a board member and vice chair of tourism associations along the line (including the Ito Tourism Association), working with local communities and transport operators such as JR to attract visitors to the area and share information about it.

Born in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, he graduated from Shizuoka Prefectural Fuji High School and Aoyama Gakuin University. He has worked across Shizuoka Prefecture as well as in Nagoya and Yokohama, in a wide range of fields including securities, housing and real estate. He currently serves as General Manager of the Shimoda Block and Branch Manager of the Shimoda Branch, overseeing one city and five towns in the southern Izu Peninsula. His areas of expertise are regional revitalization and branding. His hobbies include skiing and coffee.

Representative Director, Ginryotei (KTM Co., Ltd.). Born in Tokyo. While working as a web producer and designer, she moved to Matsuzaki, Shizuoka, in 2022, where she runs a private-rental guesthouse in a renovated traditional house over 100 years old. Drawing on her experience as a backpacker who has traveled to more than 25 countries, she introduces overseas participants and guests to the charms of old Japanese houses and of Matsuzaki, creating new connections with the local community.