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Hooray for Tokyo 2020!

The J Team DMC hails Tokyo 2020. Continue reading

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Entire Industry Celebrates The J Team DMC’s Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, West Japan Office Revamp

More than fifty industry leaders gathered at The J Team DMC’s new West Japan base to celebrate expected future success. Continue reading

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What are these Team members doing in Kyoto’s backstreets?


Well, they’re doing a number of things: team building, stamina training; problem solving; working with location-imposed restrictions (no parking for trucks close by); building up an appetite for refreshingly crisp, fizzy Japanese beer; and moving furniture into the new Kyoto, Osaka, West Japan Office in deepest central Kyoto.
The reason for maintaining a THE J TEAM DMC office in Kyoto is the advantages it brings you, our business partners, to have on-the-ground presence in both Japan’s number one and number two MICE destinations.
In Kyoto more than anywhere else in the world the difference between success and outstanding success depends primarily upon the relationships in the destination that is being managed. Here it is essential that we constantly develop and nurture our ties so that we can (as happened the other day) telephone a local dignitary and arrange to bring our guest 10 minutes from now.
Before we began unloading the van we went through that other most Japanese of rituals and took Jaffa Cakes and tea (well that bit was a British twist on the tradition) to our new neighbours. Not only was this the first step in greasing the wheels in the immediate vicinity it also began a relationship with a kimono dealer that looks to bode well for your future room gifts … … …

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What would you use this car park for?

Empty central Tokyo car park + Gran Tourism dream = race-car drifting in the middle of the city! Continue reading

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MT. FUJI: ANOTHER UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE FOR YOUR JAPAN EVENT

THE J TEAM DMC is delighted to congratulate the inscription of Mt. Fuji on to the list of World Cultural Heritages compiled by UNESCO. This act confirms once again the importance of this mountain of mountains to the culture and psychology of Japan and its people. Continue reading

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