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After graduating from university, I worked as an elementary school teacher in Tokyo for 8 years.

After quitting my job, I was assigned Senegal in West Africa as a JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Volunteer.

I supported the education field, mainly mathematics in the teacher training center and elementary schools.

Returned to Japan in 2020, I worked as a caretaker of the dormitories international students living in Yokohama city. In those days, I sterted relearning English, then I went studying abroad in Florida state in the US. 

Returned to Japan in 2022, I participated in a six-month tourism training program hosted by the Toyama prefectural government, which was on-site training in Hida Takayama area.

I decided to move into Takaoka City, Toyama. 

In 2025, I established a company, LOCALU. Now I'm working as a local guide collaborating with the locals. 　

Yuta Watanabe