Meet Xian Jie, the Singaporean Restoring a 120-Year-Old Teahouse in Japan
What does living in a 120-year-old Japanese teahouse look like? 33-year-old Lee Xian Jie restored one and runs a cafe out it.
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What does living in a 120-year-old Japanese teahouse look like? 33-year-old Lee Xian Jie restored one and runs a cafe out it.
/ Posted on 6 January, 2021 18:40 Like most tour guides who made the leap into the virtual experience market to tide through the Covid-19 slump, Lee Xian Jie also ventured down the same route – what’s interesting is that his virtual pivot happened because of a dog. The 30-year-old Singaporean, who runs Kyoto-based tour agency Craft Tabby with his business partner, Yasuhiro Shiwaku, made the decision to pause the company’s in-person tours last February, at the peak of the Covid-19 outbreak in China. Lee bringing guests on a tour around Kyoto’s famous Fushimi Inari Shrine in pre-pandemi...