After one year period of a wandering life in Italy in 1990, his essay and pictures appeared serially in the Italian conversation program textbooks of Japan Broadcasting Corp (NHK).
Resided abroad in Florence, Italy from 1994 to 1998.
Moved to Nice, France from 1998 to the present.
He is the author of "La Vita al Dente in Italia" and also translated "Perch(D+1 italiani non si affannano?" by Luca Loria. Both books were published by KK Bestsellers.
E-mail: ys@hgpho.to