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Working as a team

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Fascinating individual stories and the promise of a good meal? More than his actually, the “teaching material” for a team building workshop, a fun way to find bridges or pairs across cultures (Japan and France here), as well as to put participants in a situation whereby they need to get across messages about basic feelings Learn More …

Good processes do not need to change

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Edo Komon and Edo Sarasa are 2 dyeing techniques developed in Edo, associated with the fashion for the samurai class and the blooming of the merchant culture. As a matter of fact, the Edo shogunate enacted laws to control luxury and clothing for all, allowing certain colors and materials only. Merchants for example would only Learn More …

Soul travel

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Japan is experiencing at the same time an unprecedented rise in the number of visitors (from 10 mio overseas residents’ visits in 2013 to 31 mio in 2018, according to JNTO) and a very high concentration of stays in a limited number of places by international standards for a developed economy. This leads to phenomena Learn More …

Get inspired, be creative.

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A business seminar in Japan is an opportunity to hear some of the stories that make this country unique, experience the depth of its culture … and stimulate one’s imagination in a new context; on 9/19 Passerelle proposed to a group of executives to take an active part in the live performance of calligraphy artist Learn More …

Team building: Culture is a Treasure

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In June 2017, 40 international executives participated to a large Treasure Hunt in teams of 8 in Tokyo, organised by Passerelle. Beyond “Team Building”, the objective was for participants to experience the local culture and way of life in the metropolis, of which many topics are directly related to the client’s business. After a long Learn More …

CSR & Team spirit

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The CSR(*) day comes back every year. Why not go a little further and combine it with a team building event? Passerelle took this client’s company staff to the heart of Izu. The day started with a workshop with in the woods supervised by an amazing team of volunteers from a local NPO (top picture). Learn More …

100 Kanpai

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A few weeks ago Sebastien marked the fourth anniversary of his activity as sake consultant, and looking back at his calendar counted a hundred evenings or days spent with private individual travelers about sake. These people curious about nihonshu culture were coming from the US, Australia, the UK, and France essentially, and sometimes Mexico, Brazil, Learn More …

Learning Expedition

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Passerelle hosted a group coming to Japan for a learning expedition. Two of the key themes were the aging of the Japanese population and Robotics … as well as how the second one is seen as a solution for the first one here

Crossing two cultures

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Passerelle hosted a corporate cocktail (03/2019) on the theme of innovation.: innovation by young sake brewers and other stakeholders in the industry, innovation in the pairing of Japanese culture with the French one. Passerelle supplies all required elements.