Find eco+waza at Cafe Hi Famiglia

Beautiful Saturday morning in Tokyo.

I found two editions of eco+waza at Hi Famiglia, a very comfortable cafe in Mitaka.
http://www.hi-famiglia.com/
(About 8 minutes walk from Mitaka station)

Thank you for the U.S. Ambassador's Entrepreneur Award

Founder Reina Otsuka received the "U.S. Ambassador's Entrepreneur Award" on November 22.
Ecotwaza Co., Ltd. was founded in 2006, with the mission of sharing Japanese ecological ideas and products globally.
We are very honored, and wish to be a small but genuine bridge between the U.S. and Japan.

Thank you to EMI, and all who made this happen!

Where do I want to be in 5 Years?

This was the last question the jury of an entrepreneurship award asked me today.
I wasn't really prepared for this question, and rethought about it on my way home, and decided to write on this blog what I couldn't say on the spot.

In five years, I (or we, as eco+waza) want to be a center of knowledge, where people can come to ask for green solutions.
We want to be an initiative, where people can create sustainable innovations.
Japan does have alot of intermediate technologies to share with the world, and we want to act as a catalyst, creating interactive knowledge sharing.

In five years, I think "real" experience will be more valued, in a more virtual-IT-oriented society.
We want to gather people from all over the world to come experience Japan, learn through the variety of layers of time and space.
Maybe around 20 people will be working in our headquarter, and we will be working with various worldwide networked partners.

Okay, time to go to bed.

Have a good weekend!