Internship in Tokyo: Swedish embassy

Lasse.N and the swedish deligation came all the way from Leksand, Sweden to celibrate an anniversary at the sister-city Tobetsu up in Hokaido. On Thuesday they came to Tokyo (Shinjuku) to have some business meetings. We met up with them and followed along to Roppongi and the Swedish ambassy. We had the plesure to be invited to a meeting to discuss a collaboration. We were really proud to represent the school that day. And we also met some very nice people whom we exchanged business cards with.
We also got a quest from Leksands Bröd to look in to if IKEA are selling knäckebröd, and if not, discuss how to promote this and we are taking our task seriously.

Waiting for the swedish deligation to arrive at the hotel

Arrived in Roppongi. On the way to the Swedish Ambassy

After the embassy we took the train back to Shinjuku to attend a lecture about Japanese lifestyle and entrepreneurship. It was very interesting! We learned about a small village somewhere in the japanese countryside where the majority of the population is over 65 years old. They make really good money by picking leafs in the forrest and selling them to restaurants for garnishing dishes. One woman in this village earn around 800000 SEK per year! The man who was telling us about this invited us along with an embassador from the Entrepreneureal College to stay a weekend at his cabin in Nagano. So in 3 weeks time we are going there. The purpose is to strainghten the relationship and also visiting entrepreneurs that do hand crafting.

After the lecture we got invited to dine with everybody at a japanese restaurant. The food was delicious, and the company was even better! We got a chance to talk to everybody and getting to know the persons behind the swedish deligation. We will keep in touch when we return to Leksand. We feel honoured and happy to be a part of this.