Sébastien Duval
@sebastienplus.bsky.social
20+ years in Japan, now in Tokyo. I develop regenerative tourism, and enjoy unique Japan, rejuvenating hot springs, and delicious vegan cuisines! French & Japanese OK too.
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15 journalists & influencers and I tried Innophys' latest exoskeletons & supporters at their factory in #Japan. We were globally convinced 👍 bsky.app/profile/seba...
🧵10/ Innophys shined during our #PressTour! We even tried their Muscle Suits for lower-back support and saw quality control tests at #Hamadori factory. Supported by #FICF, their tech is already in 20 countries (35,000 units sold). My PhD thesis was on smart clothing so this #innovation felt special!
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
15 journalists & influencers and I tried Innophys' latest exoskeletons & supporters at their factory in #Japan. We were globally convinced 👍 bsky.app/profile/seba...
Indeed! Thanks again for joining and providing your insights during this monitor tour in #Osaka 👍🏻 It was a pleasure seeing you after all those years 🙂 #JapanTravel
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Indeed! Thanks again for joining and providing your insights during this monitor tour in #Osaka 👍🏻 It was a pleasure seeing you after all those years 🙂 #JapanTravel
That may start a #RegenerativeTourism trend 👍🏻 Looking for regeneration beyond SDG statements, I find so little in #Japan… Keep sharing your ideas 🙂
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
That may start a #RegenerativeTourism trend 👍🏻 Looking for regeneration beyond SDG statements, I find so little in #Japan… Keep sharing your ideas 🙂
🧵14/ I wanted to visit it for years! Former world №1, #Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field in #Hamadori produces up to 2,000N㎥/h #GreenHydrogen for locals, Sendai and Tokyo from its 180,000㎡ solar farm. #Japan significant asset in the #ClimateCrisis fight, its challenge is now scaling adoption.
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
🧵14/ I wanted to visit it for years! Former world №1, #Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field in #Hamadori produces up to 2,000N㎥/h #GreenHydrogen for locals, Sendai and Tokyo from its 180,000㎡ solar farm. #Japan significant asset in the #ClimateCrisis fight, its challenge is now scaling adoption.
🧵13/ Rice Resin's production is simple & energy-efficient. #Rice becomes resin granules in 2 minutes over metres, cutting CO2 emissions by 40-57%! Major uses: Mos Burger cutlery (1,311 restaurants in #Japan), garbage bags… Visit the factory and partner/invest; foreigners are welcome! #Sustainability
November 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
🧵13/ Rice Resin's production is simple & energy-efficient. #Rice becomes resin granules in 2 minutes over metres, cutting CO2 emissions by 40-57%! Major uses: Mos Burger cutlery (1,311 restaurants in #Japan), garbage bags… Visit the factory and partner/invest; foreigners are welcome! #Sustainability
🧵12/ During our #PressTour in #Hamadori, Rice Resin's approach to community support and #sustainability moved me: making resin from #Fukushima rice and #Japan old emergency #rice stocks that consumers shun 🌾 Use them (50% capacity) for hard-to-phase-out plastic: medical devices, rice ball wrappings…
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
🧵12/ During our #PressTour in #Hamadori, Rice Resin's approach to community support and #sustainability moved me: making resin from #Fukushima rice and #Japan old emergency #rice stocks that consumers shun 🌾 Use them (50% capacity) for hard-to-phase-out plastic: medical devices, rice ball wrappings…
🧵11/ Innophys' exoskeletons/supporters are notably used at farms & waste treatment sites in #Japan (+ rented to the public), warehouses in France, nursing homes in northern Europe… Its main challenge? Making exoskeletons lighter and more compact. Its ongoing #R&D? Rehabilitation suits! #TechForGood
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
🧵11/ Innophys' exoskeletons/supporters are notably used at farms & waste treatment sites in #Japan (+ rented to the public), warehouses in France, nursing homes in northern Europe… Its main challenge? Making exoskeletons lighter and more compact. Its ongoing #R&D? Rehabilitation suits! #TechForGood
🧵10/ Innophys shined during our #PressTour! We even tried their Muscle Suits for lower-back support and saw quality control tests at #Hamadori factory. Supported by #FICF, their tech is already in 20 countries (35,000 units sold). My PhD thesis was on smart clothing so this #innovation felt special!
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
🧵10/ Innophys shined during our #PressTour! We even tried their Muscle Suits for lower-back support and saw quality control tests at #Hamadori factory. Supported by #FICF, their tech is already in 20 countries (35,000 units sold). My PhD thesis was on smart clothing so this #innovation felt special!
🧵9/ Zip Infrastructure's Zippar is an autonomous electric cable car that curves & branches, low-cost compared to train. The nearly-ready line in #Hamadori will test prototypes on slopes. Why #R&D with #FICF? For tests on long land. Kanagawa prefecture is interested 👍🏻 What about Osaka's 2030 casino?
November 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🧵9/ Zip Infrastructure's Zippar is an autonomous electric cable car that curves & branches, low-cost compared to train. The nearly-ready line in #Hamadori will test prototypes on slopes. Why #R&D with #FICF? For tests on long land. Kanagawa prefecture is interested 👍🏻 What about Osaka's 2030 casino?
🧵8/ The #Fukushima #Robot Test Field in #Hamadori impresses: 1,316 tests since 2017 using its plant, houses, bridge, tunnel, debris, runway, 13km flights over land/sea… Surprisingly, no cameras in water tanks and no night testing despite #Japan Self-Defense Forces #disaster response training here 😮
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🧵8/ The #Fukushima #Robot Test Field in #Hamadori impresses: 1,316 tests since 2017 using its plant, houses, bridge, tunnel, debris, runway, 13km flights over land/sea… Surprisingly, no cameras in water tanks and no night testing despite #Japan Self-Defense Forces #disaster response training here 😮
🧵7/ Inspiring! Fukushima Institute For Research, Education And Innovation in #Hamadori pioneers #R&D that only #Fukushima can or strives to offer to the world: #nuclear disaster data, contaminated soil improvement, robotics for harsh environments (reactors/space/disasters), negative-emission energy…
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🧵7/ Inspiring! Fukushima Institute For Research, Education And Innovation in #Hamadori pioneers #R&D that only #Fukushima can or strives to offer to the world: #nuclear disaster data, contaminated soil improvement, robotics for harsh environments (reactors/space/disasters), negative-emission energy…
🧵6/ #FICF also contributes to local HR development, attracts founders & workers from all over #Japan and beyond (a Filipino introduced Zip Infrastructure), manages a museum related to the 2011 disasters… 🔖 www.fipo.or.jp/en/framework #Hamadori
Fukushima Innovation Coast Framework
Fukushima Innovation Coast Framework
www.fipo.or.jp
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
🧵6/ #FICF also contributes to local HR development, attracts founders & workers from all over #Japan and beyond (a Filipino introduced Zip Infrastructure), manages a museum related to the 2011 disasters… 🔖 www.fipo.or.jp/en/framework #Hamadori
🧵5/ #FICF also boosts the local economy with location subsidies capped at 80% of the initial #investment! A major asset is long/flat land availability to test new equipment, #transportation technologies… 428 companies have already created 4,823 jobs in #Hamadori since 2017 ✔️ #Japan
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
🧵5/ #FICF also boosts the local economy with location subsidies capped at 80% of the initial #investment! A major asset is long/flat land availability to test new equipment, #transportation technologies… 428 companies have already created 4,823 jobs in #Hamadori since 2017 ✔️ #Japan
🧵4/ Big wins for #R&D commercialization through #FICF: 200+ companies received dedicated subsidies capped at 700,000,000 yen + #IntellectualProperty strategy support + networking… Innovative products include #radiation tolerant cameras sold to IAEA & JAXA (= #Japan NASA) and muscle suits ✨ #Hamadori
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
🧵4/ Big wins for #R&D commercialization through #FICF: 200+ companies received dedicated subsidies capped at 700,000,000 yen + #IntellectualProperty strategy support + networking… Innovative products include #radiation tolerant cameras sold to IAEA & JAXA (= #Japan NASA) and muscle suits ✨ #Hamadori
🧵3/ #FICF supports entrepreneurs in #Hamadori with up to 10,000,000 yen in subsidies + consulting + site introduction. Foreigners are welcome too 👍🏻 Developing cutting-edge tech like a #hydrogen fueled #drone and an ultra-small #rocket, recipients are buiding our future 🛰️ #Innovation #Japan
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
🧵2/ Creating a high-tech industrial hub after the 2011 disasters (M9.1 earthquake + tsunami + nuclear), #FICF Fukushima Innovation Coast Framework is an ambitious long-term national project led by FIPO in #Hamadori (east coast of #Fukushima prefecture) 🗾 Our #PressTour started with its intro. #Japan
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🧵2/ Creating a high-tech industrial hub after the 2011 disasters (M9.1 earthquake + tsunami + nuclear), #FICF Fukushima Innovation Coast Framework is an ambitious long-term national project led by FIPO in #Hamadori (east coast of #Fukushima prefecture) 🗾 Our #PressTour started with its intro. #Japan
🧵16/ I happily guided our 2nd, successful French #JapanTravel #archaeoastronomy tour with Deïmian 🥳 We now plan a 3rd with new spots for repeaters… #Japan must go from mass tourism to unique strengths & cross-prefecture collaboration to charm diverse special interest groups. Follow me to learn more!
November 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
🧵16/ I happily guided our 2nd, successful French #JapanTravel #archaeoastronomy tour with Deïmian 🥳 We now plan a 3rd with new spots for repeaters… #Japan must go from mass tourism to unique strengths & cross-prefecture collaboration to charm diverse special interest groups. Follow me to learn more!
🧵15/ Between #archaeoastronomy spots, our group enjoyed free time or meaningful guiding: Himeji castle and Imperial Palace grounds both related to Ishi-no-hoden… In our next #JapanTravel #HistoryTour, I want to include a 100m-high view of 486m-long Daisenryo Kofun by air balloon launched last month.
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
🧵15/ Between #archaeoastronomy spots, our group enjoyed free time or meaningful guiding: Himeji castle and Imperial Palace grounds both related to Ishi-no-hoden… In our next #JapanTravel #HistoryTour, I want to include a 100m-high view of 486m-long Daisenryo Kofun by air balloon launched last month.
🧵14/ Most tourists in #Osaka overlook the 12x6m 120t Octopus Stone quarried 100km away in Okayama. However, #archaeoastronomy enthusiasts scrutinize its granite and get photographed with it! You may also discover it during a #HistoryTour of Osaka Castle, built in 1583 and used until WW2 🏯
November 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
🧵14/ Most tourists in #Osaka overlook the 12x6m 120t Octopus Stone quarried 100km away in Okayama. However, #archaeoastronomy enthusiasts scrutinize its granite and get photographed with it! You may also discover it during a #HistoryTour of Osaka Castle, built in 1583 and used until WW2 🏯
🧵13/ Gods' unfinished palace? 7x6x6m 450t Ishi-no-hoden Floating Rock in #Takasago is 1 of 3 #Japan mysterious wonders. #Archaeoastronomy travellers reported heat, tingling… 1,700+ y.o. national historic site with Tatsuyama Stone Quarries used to build the Imperial Palace, Parliament, Himeji castle…
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🧵13/ Gods' unfinished palace? 7x6x6m 450t Ishi-no-hoden Floating Rock in #Takasago is 1 of 3 #Japan mysterious wonders. #Archaeoastronomy travellers reported heat, tingling… 1,700+ y.o. national historic site with Tatsuyama Stone Quarries used to build the Imperial Palace, Parliament, Himeji castle…
🧵12/ The mysterious Masuda Iwafune megalith feels timeless & peaceful! 2023 tour members even meditated here 🧘♀️ Due to scarce info even in Japanese, this 11x8x5m 800t stone in #Kashihara is perfect for #archaeoastronomy tours 🪨 In a hilltop bamboo grove after uneven earthy steps, it is truly special!
November 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🧵12/ The mysterious Masuda Iwafune megalith feels timeless & peaceful! 2023 tour members even meditated here 🧘♀️ Due to scarce info even in Japanese, this 11x8x5m 800t stone in #Kashihara is perfect for #archaeoastronomy tours 🪨 In a hilltop bamboo grove after uneven earthy steps, it is truly special!