{"id":34329,"date":"2016-04-10T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/portraits-de-tyk\/"},"modified":"2020-07-12T18:16:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T16:16:59","slug":"portraits-of-tyk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/en\/portraits-of-tyk\/","title":{"rendered":"Portraits of TYK"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34329\" class=\"elementor elementor-34329\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c02d81e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c02d81e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52ab0159\" data-id=\"52ab0159\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ab0caf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ab0caf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DISPATCH<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32528d54 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"32528d54\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41fafd69 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41fafd69\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26d2beaf\" data-id=\"26d2beaf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3257522b gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"3257522b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1090976.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1090977.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-179efb6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"179efb6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Noriko And\u00f4. 37 years old, originally from Mizanami. She has worked at TYK for nineteen years in the Sensor Team. And\u00f4-san knows how to cook curry rice in the shape of Olaf (character from the movie \"Frozen\") and very much likes the Ghibli movies. (With Kanji-san in the photo on the right).<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11c09f6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11c09f6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b53d39\" data-id=\"3b53d39\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e6518a gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"7e6518a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100005.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ce3949 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ce3949\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kanji Kat\u00f4. 49 years. Originally from Toki, a town just outside Tajimi. He has worked at TYK for thirty years in the New Material Team. He is someone very friendly and open with whom I shared a lot.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64bf486 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64bf486\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5eb1f9a\" data-id=\"5eb1f9a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1bcddb gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"e1bcddb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100525.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100426.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-729e92c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"729e92c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Daisuke Sat\u00f4. 28, from Sapporo on Hokkaido Island. He has worked at TYK for a year with the New Material Team. Sat\u00f4-san is Aikido's second dan black belt. He likes to ski and snowboard. Her father works in a sushi restaurant.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7113d37 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7113d37\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-803daa1\" data-id=\"803daa1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9040d4 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"c9040d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100226.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-264e3c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"264e3c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hiroyuki And\u00f4. 36 years. He has worked at TYK for ten years, currently in the Analysis Team. And\u00f4-san works with a scanning electron microscope (or SEM in English). An SEM is capable of producing high resolution images of the surface of a very small sample. The process is impressive but not very fast.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4083b47 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4083b47\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a3b045\" data-id=\"0a3b045\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aac044 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"0aac044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100213.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100508.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35ac9be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35ac9be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mikiko Kawasaki. 44 years old, originally from Nagoya. She has worked at TYK for ten years in the Analysis Team. She considers herself 44 years of physical age but 20 years of heart. Kawasaki-san has a house painted green and yellow by his family. At first she didn't like the color but now she's used to it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9985a86 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9985a86\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a287749\" data-id=\"a287749\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c11640b gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"c11640b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100223.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f39f74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f39f74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ichiro Tomatsu. 65 years. He has worked at TYK for forty-eight years. Tomatsu-san is the leader of the Analysis Team. He's a man who smiles all the time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8d541d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b8d541d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac87dd7\" data-id=\"ac87dd7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feb1f79 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"feb1f79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100218.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-933126d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"933126d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keisuke Ogihara. 26, originally from K\u00f4chi on Shikoku Island. He has been working at TYK for a year in the Analysis Team. Ogihara-san is passionate about climbing. He goes there almost every evening and on weekends. His favorite Ghibli movie is \"Kiki the Little Witch\".<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-600372c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"600372c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8755eba\" data-id=\"8755eba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbc7dad gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"cbc7dad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-8' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100630.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1090997.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d319a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d319a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Takahiro Kamiya. 43 years. He has worked at TYK for ten years in the New Material Team. Before TYK, Kamiya-san worked in a Chinese restaurant. He has eaten bear paws and shark fins. His family name \"Kamiya\" means \"Valley of the Gods\".\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-138bc3d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"138bc3d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ef7a87\" data-id=\"6ef7a87\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7876978 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"7876978\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-9' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20160330_121629.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1090736.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4955198 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4955198\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nobuhiro Hayashi and Yukie Kaku from the TC Sleeve team. Nobuhiro Hayashi is someone very kind and very smiling. He has worked at TYK for nine years. He is 43 years old and comes from Toki, a small town near Tajimi, where he lives with his family in a traditional house. Hayashi-san is passionate about sports. Yukie Kaku is a young woman of 30 who speaks good English. She is originally from \u00d4ita on the island of Ky\u00fbsh\u00fb and enjoys reading and playing video games. She was always ready to give me explanations on the kanjis and is very friendly. She has worked at TYK for six years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a27c31 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a27c31\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71478f8\" data-id=\"71478f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37df4d8 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"37df4d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-10' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100235.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81d286d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"81d286d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shimon Ishimaru. 30 years. He has worked at TYK for eight and a half years with the New Material Team. Ishimaru-san does not eat at the refectory for lunch. He prefers to eat a good dish of ramen at restaurants around the factory. But the midday break lasting only forty minutes he is forced to eat at full speed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-406ede6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"406ede6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f29a333\" data-id=\"f29a333\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-189c35b gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"189c35b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-11' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100022.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7091d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7091d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yasuta Koike. 58 years old. Has worked at TYK for thirty-five years. Koike-san is the head of the Research and Development Center. He lived for several years in Mons in Belgium and knows how to speak a little French. Koike-san quickly replaced the honorary suffix -san following my first name by -chan (Claire-chan), which could be translated into French by a more emotional mark of respect than the honorary suffix -san, very formal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e6505e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e6505e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19a588b\" data-id=\"19a588b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8762ad5 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"8762ad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-12' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100580.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb6fd28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb6fd28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the company of the entire TYK Research and Development center team. Mina-san, d\u00f4mo arigat\u00f4gozaimashita!<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87599ce elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87599ce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0adbb1\" data-id=\"b0adbb1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-945b382 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"945b382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-13' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100518.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100521.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e0cd2a gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"0e0cd2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-14' class='gallery galleryid-34329 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/P1100523.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"TYK, Tajimi, Honshu, Japan \u00a9 Claire Blumenfeld\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f3660a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f3660a\" 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