Shimanami Kaido needs tacos and a fun retro shop! 空き家倉庫でメキシコ料理の店に×昭和レトロ店開業！
We need your help! We’re launching a crowd-funding campaign on Japanese-based website Campfire. We’ve been dreaming up fun and interesting…
Category: Business in Japan
Shimanami Kaido Portrait Sessions with Dani
The long wait is over. We’ve enjoyed three and a half years in Japan, building our business, renovating an abandoned…
Benton Guesthouse ‘Phase 3’ Updates. So cute!
February has been an exhausting month, but our guesthouse sure is looking cute as a button. The long wait for…
New Year! New Tacos!
Happy new year, friends! We’re starting 2026 with big dreams and high hopes. As you know, the Business Manager visa…
おめでとう! Mizobuchi-san earns JF-CMCA 2025 President’s Award for Business Consulting
Happy new year! If you’ve been following our story for the past three years, you know that we regularly reference…
Japan Data: Second Year of Benton Guesthouse
Well friends, here we are at the end of another year for Benton Guesthouse on Ōmishima island. Time continues to…
Business Manager Visa: Increased Requirements (and how it affects Benton Homestead)
As you probably already know, from following our channel, or from reading the news: the official changes to Japan’s Business…
Startup Visa: New 2025 Changes (Coming Soon)
Since we started documenting our journey to Japan online, we have received lots and lots of questions from y’all about…
Japan Data: First Year of Benton Guesthouse
Well friends, time is flying by! It’s hard to believe it’s already been one year since we opened the doors…
Current Update & Next Steps
Let’s catch up! We recently took the time to film a longer conversation-style video, discussing where we are at this…