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Our team at Inside Japan Tours
The sun never sets on the InsideJapan Tours team (well, maybe on Sundays) as we have offices in Bristol (UK), Broomfield, (USA), Brisbane (Australia) and Nagoya (Japan). On this page you can meet the people behind our Japan holidays and tours.
We have a wide range of backgrounds and interests, but you can be sure that the one thing that ties us all together is a love of Japan, Japanese culture and a passionate desire to share that with other people.
From the accounts department, through the travel consultant teams to the tour leaders and guides on the ground, you can rest assured that everything we do is to make sure you have the best possible experience of Japan.
- Akiko Imaizumi
- FIT Operations Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
Born and bred in Toyohashi City in Aichi Prefecture, Akiko moved to Nagoya to study International Culture at university in 2002.
After taking a holiday to Korea with a friend she was bitten by the travel bug and for her graduation trip decided to head west to Istanbul and Egypt. Visits to Paris and London followed before Akiko decided to head over to Canada to spend six months living in Vancouver.
After returning to Japan for a stint working at an English conversation school, Akiko upped sticks again and moved to Australia's Gold Coast, where she remained for two years working in real estate, drinking beer and eating delicious Aussie BBQ.
In 2009, after having returned to Japan, Akiko joined the InsideJapan team as a temp worker and never left. Now she is our Senior Ops Assistant, and is responsible for making sure that all our clients receive the most up-to-date information with their documents and that all tickets and services are correctly booked and sent.
In her spare time, Akiko loves getting beautiful nail art, catching up on all the latest magazines, and hanging out at izakaya - where she loves to order edamame and yaki soba with a chu-hi.
What is your top tip for visitors to Japan?
"Smile and say arigato (thank you). It makes us very happy and impressed with your Japanese, and you might get free things! (In general, the only people who can speak Japanese are Japanese people, so we are pretty easily impressed if you can actually say something in our language!)"
- Simon King
- Director
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9371
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Alastair Donnelly
- Director
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9732
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Ayako Koide
- Japan Office Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- James Mundy
- PR Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9733
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Harry Sargant
- Sales and Marketing Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Tetsuko Furusawa
- Head of Booking Delivery
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Tyler Palma
- Head of Operations
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Japan)
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- Matt Spiller
- Trade Marketing Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9739
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Akiko Imaizumi
- FIT Operations Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Ilona Michalska
- Senior Finance Assistant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9736
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Rie Johnson
- Finance Assistant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9730
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Mark Johnson
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9744
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Amy Tadehara
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 303 242 5506
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Tom Weston
- Sales Director
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3371
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Vivienne Boyack
- Interim Head of Sales
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9754
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Ali Muskett
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9746
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Halley Trujillo
- US Branch Sales Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- John McMillen
- US Trade Marketing Manager & US Sustainability
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 316 0191
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Mana Fukada
- Senior FIT Operations Coordinator
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Claire Brothers
- Sales Team Leader
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9752
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Richard Farmer
- Insider
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Japan)
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- Yuki Hunter
- Booking Delivery Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9747
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Mark Rawlins
- Insider
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- Location (Japan)
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- Phil Wilmot
- IT Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US +1 719 321 3511
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Tomoko Ishikawa
- Senior Finance Assistant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Katrina Cordery
- Senior Sales Team Leader
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3378
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Sophie Walker
- Global Sustainability Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3376
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Rachel Rykala
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3379
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Kayuki Takei
- FIT Operations Team Leader
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Brett Plotz
- Insider
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Japan)
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- Kumiko Smith
- Senior Product Administrator
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3271
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Rachel Grainger
- Senior Product and Operations Executive
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 2443279
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Benjamin Guest
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3278
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Shirley Payne
- HR Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3275
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Grant Ekelund
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 465 5301
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Tim Grisbrooke
- Japan Product Executive
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3471
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Fergal Fox
- Insider
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Japan)
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- Kinga Ciupak
- Insider
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- Location (Japan)
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- Brandon Valenzuela
- Insider
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- Location (Japan)
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- Yu Mizuno
- Operations Assistant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Kayako Fukaya
- Finance Assistant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: JP 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Van Milton
- Insider
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- Location (Japan)
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- Tim Oakes
- Australia Branch Manager
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Anna Sears
- Global Projects Executive
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 316 7365
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Shino Kuroda
- Senior Sales Support Administrator
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Samantha Barrow
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9734
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Paul O'Brien
- InsideAsia Programme Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 244 3372
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Aya Davies
- Senior Sales Support Administrator
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3460
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Samantha Hall
- Learning & Development Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 370 9741
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Claire Swithinbank
- Global Marketing Projects Coordinator
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 244 3384
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Lachlan Woodland
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Robert Kodama
- Field Operations Manager
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Japan)
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- Aaron Boothe
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9749
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Holly Brown
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3380
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Arielle Schlickman-Elak
- IT Support Engineer
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 303 952 0379
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Ai Ishida
- FIT Operations Assistant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: JP (0)52 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Kye Jewell
- Senior IT Support Engineer
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 244 3479
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Imogen Lacey
- HR Generalist
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 244 3387
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Jeff Krevitt
- Vice President of Marketing, Americas
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Michael Trombold
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 791 5535
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Becky Barry
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 244 3473
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Sora Jang
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Sophie Dowdeswell
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 370 9766
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Kristen Elrod
- Customer Support Assistant
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Lauren Handlon
- Customer Support Assistant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: JP 81 052 968 1135
- Location (Nagoya, Japan)
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- Bruno Carrillo
- Marketing Executive
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: AU 07 3703 3838
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Saeko Yuda
- Senior Sales Support Administrator
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Tim Supplitt
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 463 3551
- Location (Broomfield, USA)
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- Chantel Furbert
- Insider
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- Location (Japan)
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- Rob Moran
- Insider, Sustainability Global Manager
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- Location (Japan)
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- Rory Burgin
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Lachlan Miller
- Travel Consultant
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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