1.0BTO2026 | Be Travel Onlifehttps://2025.bto.travel/en/buytourismonlinehttps://2025.bto.travel/en/author/buytourismonline/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="CqdBjLMAd5"><a href="https://2025.bto.travel/en/speaker/akira-shimizu/">Akira Shimizu</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://2025.bto.travel/en/speaker/akira-shimizu/embed/#?secret=CqdBjLMAd5" width="600" height="338" title="“Akira Shimizu” — BTO2026 | Be Travel Onlife" data-secret="CqdBjLMAd5" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://2025.bto.travel/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Born in Kyoto in 1964, he graduated from Osaka Kyoiku University and co-founded Kyoto Machizukuri & Transportation Laboratory LLC in 2009, where he serves as Executive Director, promoting urban mobility and community development in central Kyoto. Since 2018, he has been engaged in managing the Nishiki Market Shopping Street Promotion Association, becoming General Manager in … Continued