Local Guide ~ An Original Japan Travel Guide by Hoshino Resorts' Local Staff

Michikusa Gurus

Akiko Norikata

travel journalist

After working as an editorial reporter for a travel magazine, he became independent in 2002. He has been introducing the wonderful "towns, people, hot springs, and inns" that shine brightly throughout Japan by interviewing and writing about them for magazines and other media. He is also the chief editor of a book on inns and a regular on a TV program on inns. She has appeared on TV Tokyo's "Solomon's Style. He is a hot spring sommelier ambassador and a certified public bathhouse examiner. She is a Hakatakko living in Tokyo, who actively researches travel by taking side trips such as running trips, visiting hot springs, appreciating art, exploring coffee shops, and walking in nature, laughing even though she has no physical strength.
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