On May 16, a Frenchman, Lafite Karin, started working as a middleman at the “Suimeisou” kaiseki restaurant in Hirosaki (Gonji-cho, Hirosaki City).

Karin from Avignon in southwestern France is now 30 years old. I first came to Japan in 2012 and studied abroad at Hirosaki University for two years. "When I graduated from university in France, I got into the drama" Hana Yori Dango ", which made me interested in Japan," he recalls. "I happened to be at Hirosaki University. I didn't like the city, so I chose Hirosaki because the city had a small population," he laughs.

After studying abroad, he hopes to stay in Hirosaki more, but cannot get a working visa, so he will return to Japan temporarily in November 2014. Karin was impressed by a Japanese friend who kept contacting me even after returning to France. With the help of the Aomori Japan-French Association, I returned to Japan in May and decided to work at the same restaurant. "I decided to come back to Japan from the beginning," he smiles.

My favorite Japanese food is Tonkatsu. There is no Japanese food that can't be eaten, and it is said that he also handles the "〆 cutlet curry" that is transmitted to the downtown area of the city. He still likes Japanese dramas on holidays, and says, "I like the development that ends in one cool, so it's easy to see."

I started to customize my kimono and started working for a month and a half. Karin, who was not accustomed to serving customers in a sitting position, smiled with a wry smile saying, "It's fine now." From the standpoint of Nakai, he wants to convey the culture of Japan and the goodness of Hirosaki.