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~Honest Talk & Networking Event with Local Challengers @ Shibuya~

📚 Event Details
From Tokyo to Tamura City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Tamura City is seeing an increasing number of players taking advantage of its lush green environment to pursue sustainable living and entrepreneurship.
At this event, we will invite the NPO Greenz and people who have moved to Tamura City to hold a talk and networking session on the theme of "sustainable rural migration and entrepreneurship."

This event is the first step for people who live in the city but want to live in the countryside someday or are searching for a way of working that suits them.
Guests who are actually starting businesses in Tamura City and Greenz will share the reality of taking on challenges in rural areas. At the networking event, you can enjoy candid conversation over a craft beer.

🍻 Hop Japan craft beer
On the day, you will be able to taste craft beer from Hop Japan, a company that cultivates and sells fresh hops and brews and sells its own brand of craft beer, with the aim of creating a new community in Miyakoji-cho, Tamura City, Fukushima Prefecture, that circulates hops, craft beer, and renewable energy.

🗓 Date and time: October 19, 2025 (Sunday) 10:30-13:00 *Last entry time 10:20
🏢 Venue: Tokyo Recruit Center (WeWork SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE SQUARE)
🎫 Participation fee: 500 yen (includes Tamura City craft beer) *Payment required on the day.
🚃 Access: Directly connected to JR Shibuya Station

Application deadline: Saturday, October 18th

⏰️ Time Schedule
10:15 Reception begins (in front of WeWork 17th floor reception)
10:30 Opening
10:40 Open Talk | Ryo Nagata (NPO Greenz)
Theme: "The appeal of moving to rural areas and future possibilities"
11:10 Local guests introduce themselves and their businesses
・Minako Arai (Entrepreneurial Regional Revitalization Volunteer)
11:25 Talk session [Sustainable rural migration and entrepreneurship] & Q&A
12:10 Introduction to Tamura City's entrepreneurial support system
12:20 Networking party (Hop Japan craft beer/light snacks)
13:00 End

🎤 Guest introductions
Ryo Nagata (NPO Greenz)
Born in Kyoto in 1991 and raised in Hyogo. After working for an apparel company, an event company, and an IT company, he co-founded Kotogurashi in 2023. In 2022, he moved with his family from Tokyo to Tomonoura and opened a cafe in an old Japanese house. As a community expert, he supports many regions and organizations, practicing sustainable living and working styles.

Minako Arai (Entrepreneurial Regional Revitalization Volunteer)
Originally from Saitama Prefecture, she worked in the housing industry as an interior coordinator and site manager before going freelance after giving birth. She moved to Tamura City with her family in May 2024 and is currently working on setting up a "sustainable shared house and cafe" using a vacant house and farm. She is exploring a new lifestyle where people and nature coexist.

Takuya Matsumoto (JR East Japan Planning Co., Ltd.)
As a local producer, he works to solve local issues and create new value. With the motto of "creating things that we can enjoy," he promotes projects in various regions.

Facilitator: Goto Taishi (Zenryokuyu Co., Ltd.)
From 2018 to 2020, he promoted the commercialization of research results at Tohoku University. In 2021, he started a social business through picture books, and from 2022 he has been in charge of supporting startups in Tamura City. He is involved in a wide range of entrepreneurial support, including saunas, shared houses, and restaurants.

💬 Recommended for those who:
・Women who are interested in moving to rural areas or starting a business in rural areas
・Those who want to achieve a sustainable lifestyle
・Those who want to connect directly with local players
・Those who want to explore a new lifestyle through local challenges

Application deadline: Saturday, October 18th

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