Vast Lives Ep 38: Shinji Mizuno
Shinji meets Steve at a local coffee shop in Osaka. The same coffee shop that has been run by a local lady for over 50 years. Shinji is very open and candid about his narrative - he started working from a young age, choosing to attend night school to enable him to work and make money during the day. His motive - to fund his addiction for Surfing. Shinji opens up about some of the challenges faced whilst living in Australia where he had to work hard to integrate with society. After Australia, Shinji made a new home in New Zealand where his love for the people and its culture began to grow. His expression of love and gratitude is clearly evident. His goal is to introduce some of that Antipodean spirit to Osaka, now home to Shinji and his wife. His dream is to lean on his experience as a chef and open a themed cafe that mixes New Zealand surf vibes with good food and drink. Shinji is a fun loving passionate person who is not afraid of hard work. This episode is a positive concentrated dose of Shinji's adventurous life.
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