Sébastien Duval
@sebastienplus.bsky.social
20+ years in Japan, now in Tokyo. I develop regenerative tourism, and enjoy unique Japan, rejuvenating hot springs, and delicious vegan cuisines! French & Japanese OK too.
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🧵1/ Inspired at Happo-en Next 2026 Summit while scouting for #JapanTravel upcoming #MICE events: bold rebranding & #Tokyo renewal (weddings ➡️ cultural infrastructure for 100-year business), discussion with the CEO and managers of new vegan-friendly venues in #Kyoto & #Fukuoka (shrine! EN/FR staff!)…
Hiking near Mount Takao, I discovered Takao Veg Stand restaurant, open from 08:00. Cooked before my eyes, its vegan mushroom sandwich was fine: focaccia, shimeji, eryngii, caramelized onions, tomato/cashew/almond paste… Next time: vegan chili beans 🥪 Friendly Japanese chef, English OK 👨🍳 #VeganTokyo
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Hiking near Mount Takao, I discovered Takao Veg Stand restaurant, open from 08:00. Cooked before my eyes, its vegan mushroom sandwich was fine: focaccia, shimeji, eryngii, caramelized onions, tomato/cashew/almond paste… Next time: vegan chili beans 🥪 Friendly Japanese chef, English OK 👨🍳 #VeganTokyo
🧵1/ Inspired at Happo-en Next 2026 Summit while scouting for #JapanTravel upcoming #MICE events: bold rebranding & #Tokyo renewal (weddings ➡️ cultural infrastructure for 100-year business), discussion with the CEO and managers of new vegan-friendly venues in #Kyoto & #Fukuoka (shrine! EN/FR staff!)…
January 30, 2026 at 7:27 AM
🧵1/ Inspired at Happo-en Next 2026 Summit while scouting for #JapanTravel upcoming #MICE events: bold rebranding & #Tokyo renewal (weddings ➡️ cultural infrastructure for 100-year business), discussion with the CEO and managers of new vegan-friendly venues in #Kyoto & #Fukuoka (shrine! EN/FR staff!)…
🧵1/ Off to #Aichi for 2 days, meeting #MICE unique venue managers, scouting for #JapanTravel upcoming events… Timely: this №1 industrial region of Japan will host the 2026 #AsianGames. I'm grateful to #Nagoya Convention & Visitors Bureau for its invitation following discussions at 2025 Tourism Expo!
January 19, 2026 at 11:45 PM
🧵1/ Off to #Aichi for 2 days, meeting #MICE unique venue managers, scouting for #JapanTravel upcoming events… Timely: this №1 industrial region of Japan will host the 2026 #AsianGames. I'm grateful to #Nagoya Convention & Visitors Bureau for its invitation following discussions at 2025 Tourism Expo!
🧵1/ In #Tokushima on a 2-day #MonitorTour with a cycling professional to evaluate a #umeshu (plum liqueur) tour: annual festival, producers, liqueurs, juices, stories… I did consulting 3+ times in this prefecture but I discover #Misato. I'm grateful to Anabuki Travel for their trust! #JapanTravel
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🧵1/ In #Tokushima on a 2-day #MonitorTour with a cycling professional to evaluate a #umeshu (plum liqueur) tour: annual festival, producers, liqueurs, juices, stories… I did consulting 3+ times in this prefecture but I discover #Misato. I'm grateful to Anabuki Travel for their trust! #JapanTravel
🍜 Smiling again after a farewell thanks to seasonal vegan comfort food at Tokyo Station T's Tantan: mala 5-spice soy sauce #ramen. Noodle choice: wheat, konjac or rice (taken for a change). Burdock root topping, date vinegar (!)… A maze of tastes, truly AMAZING in a good way! #VeganJapan #VeganTokyo
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🍜 Smiling again after a farewell thanks to seasonal vegan comfort food at Tokyo Station T's Tantan: mala 5-spice soy sauce #ramen. Noodle choice: wheat, konjac or rice (taken for a change). Burdock root topping, date vinegar (!)… A maze of tastes, truly AMAZING in a good way! #VeganJapan #VeganTokyo
Reposted by Sébastien Duval
Daruma, the round wooden dolls, are spirits of victory and success, and the principal spirit of Katsuoji Temple in the mountains of Osaka Prefecture
Katsuoji is also an EXCELLENT place to view Japan's fiery autumn leaves!
#JapanTravel #Osaka #autumn #Katsuoji #Japaneseculture #Japan #autumnleaves
Katsuoji is also an EXCELLENT place to view Japan's fiery autumn leaves!
#JapanTravel #Osaka #autumn #Katsuoji #Japaneseculture #Japan #autumnleaves
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Daruma, the round wooden dolls, are spirits of victory and success, and the principal spirit of Katsuoji Temple in the mountains of Osaka Prefecture
Katsuoji is also an EXCELLENT place to view Japan's fiery autumn leaves!
#JapanTravel #Osaka #autumn #Katsuoji #Japaneseculture #Japan #autumnleaves
Katsuoji is also an EXCELLENT place to view Japan's fiery autumn leaves!
#JapanTravel #Osaka #autumn #Katsuoji #Japaneseculture #Japan #autumnleaves
Reposted by Sébastien Duval
The Chikatsu Asuka Museum has a fascinating collection of artifacts from Japan's ancient Kofun (burial mounds) period.
Here is a small sample of the 1,400+ year old items that may be exhibited when the museum reopens after refurbishment next April
#archeologymuseum #近つ飛鳥博物館 #chikatsuasukamuseum
Here is a small sample of the 1,400+ year old items that may be exhibited when the museum reopens after refurbishment next April
#archeologymuseum #近つ飛鳥博物館 #chikatsuasukamuseum
October 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The Chikatsu Asuka Museum has a fascinating collection of artifacts from Japan's ancient Kofun (burial mounds) period.
Here is a small sample of the 1,400+ year old items that may be exhibited when the museum reopens after refurbishment next April
#archeologymuseum #近つ飛鳥博物館 #chikatsuasukamuseum
Here is a small sample of the 1,400+ year old items that may be exhibited when the museum reopens after refurbishment next April
#archeologymuseum #近つ飛鳥博物館 #chikatsuasukamuseum
🧵1/ In #Fukushima on a 2-day #PressTour with 15 journalists & influencers to witness then inform about its #Innovation Coast initiative! One of the world's largest renewable-energy-driven hydrogen facility, muscle suits, rice-based resins… I'm grateful to Jarman International for the invite! #Japan
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
🧵1/ In #Fukushima on a 2-day #PressTour with 15 journalists & influencers to witness then inform about its #Innovation Coast initiative! One of the world's largest renewable-energy-driven hydrogen facility, muscle suits, rice-based resins… I'm grateful to Jarman International for the invite! #Japan
Asucome Macrobiotic Gohan Café Meguru's owners prepared our lunch with love from newly harvested rice and vegetables picked hours ago at their organic farm. Almost art: delicate carrot tempura. Even their sweet potato tart was homemade. In Asuka near #Archaeoastronomy sites. #VeganJapan #VeganAsuka
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Asucome Macrobiotic Gohan Café Meguru's owners prepared our lunch with love from newly harvested rice and vegetables picked hours ago at their organic farm. Almost art: delicate carrot tempura. Even their sweet potato tart was homemade. In Asuka near #Archaeoastronomy sites. #VeganJapan #VeganAsuka
High-quality #JapaneseCulture snapshot, #Kyoto Gion Corner 1-hour show lets you see 7 arts 🎭 My favourite #bunraku puppet theatre, bugaku imperial dance, geisha dance, concert of koto (national instrument of Japan), ikebana, kyogen… It's cheap but book early! No photos/videos allowed. #JapanTravel
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
High-quality #JapaneseCulture snapshot, #Kyoto Gion Corner 1-hour show lets you see 7 arts 🎭 My favourite #bunraku puppet theatre, bugaku imperial dance, geisha dance, concert of koto (national instrument of Japan), ikebana, kyogen… It's cheap but book early! No photos/videos allowed. #JapanTravel
Amazed at my first bite 🤯 This well-toasted vegan bagel (hummus, mushrooms, pink peppercorns) at Cafe Ausgang in #Kyoto might be my best ever 🥯 The room is unique & beautiful, and the music creates a peaceful, magic bubble. Coffee was good too ☕ A must-taste spot! #VeganKyoto #JapanTravel
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Amazed at my first bite 🤯 This well-toasted vegan bagel (hummus, mushrooms, pink peppercorns) at Cafe Ausgang in #Kyoto might be my best ever 🥯 The room is unique & beautiful, and the music creates a peaceful, magic bubble. Coffee was good too ☕ A must-taste spot! #VeganKyoto #JapanTravel
A pleasure of late walks in #Kyoto is seeing the illuminated lanterns of Yasaka Shinto Shrine (free, in Maruyama Park). The names on the lanterns are donors’. #八坂神社 #JapanTravel
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
A pleasure of late walks in #Kyoto is seeing the illuminated lanterns of Yasaka Shinto Shrine (free, in Maruyama Park). The names on the lanterns are donors’. #八坂神社 #JapanTravel
Inclusive & tasty lunch in #Kyoto at Nishiki Market Alley By Moon And Back 🍜 Japanese Curry #VeganRamen, #GlutenFree rice noodle option, wagyu soy #ramen… Great for travel agencies: English-speaking Japanese owner (tattooed), many seats (new ➡️ not packed), cooking visible counter-side… 👍🏻 #VeganKyoto
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Inclusive & tasty lunch in #Kyoto at Nishiki Market Alley By Moon And Back 🍜 Japanese Curry #VeganRamen, #GlutenFree rice noodle option, wagyu soy #ramen… Great for travel agencies: English-speaking Japanese owner (tattooed), many seats (new ➡️ not packed), cooking visible counter-side… 👍🏻 #VeganKyoto
Back to #Kyoto Engine Ramen to introduce real #ramen to a French traveller! I savoured #VeganRamen "Kyoto Beaning" + extra noodles; he got the standard one + extra mushrooms. His verdict: excellent, broth in France is nowhere as good! Will he move here to enjoy more real #JapaneseFood? 🙂 #VeganKyoto
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Back to #Kyoto Engine Ramen to introduce real #ramen to a French traveller! I savoured #VeganRamen "Kyoto Beaning" + extra noodles; he got the standard one + extra mushrooms. His verdict: excellent, broth in France is nowhere as good! Will he move here to enjoy more real #JapaneseFood? 🙂 #VeganKyoto
🧵1/ Exceptional #vegan & #GlutenFree lunch at Grains (Miho's Kitchen) in Nagoya with red miso soup, unagi-don eel on rice (first time I tried vegan eel ✨), karaage fried chicken (taste close to the real thing + soft chicken texture), matcha or chocolate doughnuts… 😋 #VeganNagoya #VeganJapan
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🧵1/ Exceptional #vegan & #GlutenFree lunch at Grains (Miho's Kitchen) in Nagoya with red miso soup, unagi-don eel on rice (first time I tried vegan eel ✨), karaage fried chicken (taste close to the real thing + soft chicken texture), matcha or chocolate doughnuts… 😋 #VeganNagoya #VeganJapan
🧵1/ Guiding an exciting 12-day #archaeoastronomy tour in the Japanese countryside for a special interest group: 11 French & Belgian travellers who explored ancient civilizations in Egypt, Mexico, Peru… and extend their deep world journey led by Deïmian. #HistoryTour #JapanTravel
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🧵1/ Guiding an exciting 12-day #archaeoastronomy tour in the Japanese countryside for a special interest group: 11 French & Belgian travellers who explored ancient civilizations in Egypt, Mexico, Peru… and extend their deep world journey led by Deïmian. #HistoryTour #JapanTravel
🧵1/ Another 1-day test #HistoryTour for #Osaka Prefecture ✔️ To elevate experiences at its uniquely-specialized Museum of Yayoi Culture and 600,000㎡ Ikegami-Sone archaeological site, I gathered 17 travellers & residents from 9 countries who attended for free then provided insights & recommendations.
November 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
🧵1/ Another 1-day test #HistoryTour for #Osaka Prefecture ✔️ To elevate experiences at its uniquely-specialized Museum of Yayoi Culture and 600,000㎡ Ikegami-Sone archaeological site, I gathered 17 travellers & residents from 9 countries who attended for free then provided insights & recommendations.
On my way to #Hokkaido for 4 days of #AdventureTravel: hiking, cycling, canoeing, rafting, hot springs, stargazing, prehistoric graves… Sub-zero forecasts means losing 12℃! Consulting for a #JapanTravel colleague's project supported by #Chitose city Tourism & #Sports Department.
October 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
On my way to #Hokkaido for 4 days of #AdventureTravel: hiking, cycling, canoeing, rafting, hot springs, stargazing, prehistoric graves… Sub-zero forecasts means losing 12℃! Consulting for a #JapanTravel colleague's project supported by #Chitose city Tourism & #Sports Department.
My #washoku business trip to #Shizuoka started with another great exhibition: www.washoku-shizuoka.jp till 14 December. Huge vegetables, mushrooms, seaweed (60 of 1,500 types nationwide edible), bacteria & fungi for fermentation, dashi… + a #tea rolling activity with an American apprentice 🍵
October 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
My #washoku business trip to #Shizuoka started with another great exhibition: www.washoku-shizuoka.jp till 14 December. Huge vegetables, mushrooms, seaweed (60 of 1,500 types nationwide edible), bacteria & fungi for fermentation, dashi… + a #tea rolling activity with an American apprentice 🍵
A real treat after guiding all day long, just before riding a shinkansen back home: Vegan Paitan Spicy Ramen at Ramen Kiou under Shin-Osaka station. The sumptuous soup with lightest spice level 1 was quite spicy, and the clients were quiet. Appeasing & energising. #VeganRamen #VeganOsaka #VeganJapan
October 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A real treat after guiding all day long, just before riding a shinkansen back home: Vegan Paitan Spicy Ramen at Ramen Kiou under Shin-Osaka station. The sumptuous soup with lightest spice level 1 was quite spicy, and the clients were quiet. Appeasing & energising. #VeganRamen #VeganOsaka #VeganJapan
Just guided 4 Mexican ladies at #Osaka #WorldExpo: closed USA Pavilion (government shutdown), 1-hour queue for the fun China Pavilion, Pokémon photos for kids, cooling on seats at the Nordic Pavillion, vegan Attiéké Salad with concert at the African restaurant, awe at Pasona's Pavilion… Ends Monday!
October 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Just guided 4 Mexican ladies at #Osaka #WorldExpo: closed USA Pavilion (government shutdown), 1-hour queue for the fun China Pavilion, Pokémon photos for kids, cooling on seats at the Nordic Pavillion, vegan Attiéké Salad with concert at the African restaurant, awe at Pasona's Pavilion… Ends Monday!
Guiding one last time at the World Expo, I could taste #vegan takoyaki in Osaka! Invented here a century ago, the grilled octopus balls were reinvented cruelty-free with mushrooms by "Vegan & Gluten-free Osaka" restaurant. Served super hot so be careful not to burn yourself! #VeganOsaka #VeganJapan
October 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Guiding one last time at the World Expo, I could taste #vegan takoyaki in Osaka! Invented here a century ago, the grilled octopus balls were reinvented cruelty-free with mushrooms by "Vegan & Gluten-free Osaka" restaurant. Served super hot so be careful not to burn yourself! #VeganOsaka #VeganJapan
Guiding and culinary adventures led me to the restaurant Mercy #Vegan Factory in Osaka. I loved the incredible deep-fried cauliflower with sweet & sour sauce 🥦 The matcha pudding was nice too 👍🏻 English-speaking staff & outdoor seating (rare in Japan) ✔️ A must-try; bookmarked! #VeganOsaka #VeganJapan
October 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Guiding and culinary adventures led me to the restaurant Mercy #Vegan Factory in Osaka. I loved the incredible deep-fried cauliflower with sweet & sour sauce 🥦 The matcha pudding was nice too 👍🏻 English-speaking staff & outdoor seating (rare in Japan) ✔️ A must-try; bookmarked! #VeganOsaka #VeganJapan
25-28 September near #Nagoya — Annual #TourismExpoJapan introduces #Japan & world destinations to pros (25-26) then the general public, at #Aichi Sky Expo for the first time. I’m excited to meet local managers and #Japan officials on behalf of our company #JapanTravel. www.t-expo.jp/en
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September 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
25-28 September near #Nagoya — Annual #TourismExpoJapan introduces #Japan & world destinations to pros (25-26) then the general public, at #Aichi Sky Expo for the first time. I’m excited to meet local managers and #Japan officials on behalf of our company #JapanTravel. www.t-expo.jp/en
I just lunched in #HanedaAirport at Diversity Diner HND. Menu by an award-winning chef, diverse vegan food, no refined sugar, no pungent roots. The curry udon noodles satisfied me 🍜 Before security checks, English orders, card payments, many seats, plugs…
#VeganTravel #VeganJapan #VeganTokyo
#VeganTravel #VeganJapan #VeganTokyo
September 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I just lunched in #HanedaAirport at Diversity Diner HND. Menu by an award-winning chef, diverse vegan food, no refined sugar, no pungent roots. The curry udon noodles satisfied me 🍜 Before security checks, English orders, card payments, many seats, plugs…
#VeganTravel #VeganJapan #VeganTokyo
#VeganTravel #VeganJapan #VeganTokyo