Restaurant Chef
Yamazaki Mitsuteru
Beneath his calm exterior, Mr.Yamazaki is a passionate individual who pursues all his goals to the end. Because of him, several young staff members have been able to learn enough to open their own restaurants.
Boulangerie Chef
Ogawa Hisao
HISAO OGAWA was born in Kobe. He worked as a baker at hotels in Osaka, Kyoto, Awaji in Kansai. Now, he's come to Biei for new experiences. Here, he's helped to install a French-made stone oven. He looks forward to baking bread in a wood-fired oven, which he's never done before.
Ecole Hoteliere Etude Lecturer
Saito Hisashi
HISASHI SAITO shows great eagerness in building this culinary school in Biei, one where students can properly learn cooking theory and skills through an approach that's unprecedented in Japan. He's confident he can put his 40 years as a food journalist to good use by starting to write for professional cooking magazines.