池田 和也 | Kazuya Ikeda

I’m from Ibaraki. Not quite fitting into the local car culture, I moved to Tokyo after winning a band contest. I loved the Chofu and Komae area, but at 27 I moved to my dream city, London. Two years later I found a job in Germany, struggled to find housing, and eventually landed in Onomichi/Ikuchijima. Now I’m happily working at SOIL Setoda.
In the future, I hope to run a barista/coffee business in the west of the UK, Oslo, or Copenhagen—and get involved in projects across Setoda, Okayama, and Tokyo.