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However, it is cold this morning.
In Minatomirai where I live, the wind carried from the sea is stirring up as I walk outside.
There are foreigners wandering about since the morning...
Today is my elder son's birthday, so we are planning a lunch gathering at Yokohama Royal Park Hotel to celebrate.
He will probably arrive in a matte black Lamborghini Huracan.
But the Huracan isn’t something I bought for him; it’s something he bought himself.
This year he is 29, and he started a business earlier than I did, and is doing exceptionally well.
If I tell my son that, he says, “Working hard is a matter of course,” and that saying it aloud is not cool, and he has never thought about “getting motivated,” so he lectures me...
Unlike me, my elder son is incredibly bright by nature.
He’s the kind of genius.
His thoughts and actions are extraterrestrial in nature.
In the company he started, he works with a representative Japanese firm that everyone knows, and he does so without any connections.
My elder son says it was the “people he met” that allowed this to happen.
As for my younger son, aged 26, he admires his older brother but feels that it isn’t suited for him, and he works as a salaried employee in a listed company in fuel development.
From a parent’s perspective, they are completely different, and my wife and I are also different types.
Seeing my sons as a reflection of myself, I think my life as a father is fascinating.
I also had a corporate job, and most of the customers I served then lived mainly in central Tokyo, and particularly around the Minato, Shibuya wards, where many had a residence.
As a foreign-finance banker, the customers I cherished most lived in Shirogane-dai.
Back then, I treated those with financial assets of at least 1 billion as affluent.
In reality, my capacity would happily handle 5-6 billion, and those were limitless wealthy people.
When I was taken to lunch or for a little dinner with such customers, they took me to French or sushi restaurants in Shirokane.
The residents of Shirokane's “cosmopolitan” say that to make business here, first you must be accepted by the residents and be used by them day and night; only then can you sustain it.
Nearby areas like Nakameguro and Daikanyama are popular, but Shirokanedai is an area where old-money residents live, so it has a slightly different standing from Roppongi Hills residents.
So what kind of shops do Shirokanedai residents casually walk to for lunch or dinner...?
In particular, my favorite is
There are only five seats, so the place can be rented for about four people.
Dinner is around 13,000 yen per person, which is extremely reasonable given the location, and the quality is top-notch value for money.
Lunch is probably under 10,000 yen.
Ginza Sushi Zanmai Takumi offers amazing tuna for around 5,000 yen, but Shirokanedai is perfect for meals with important people.
Whether you’re local or visiting, I think dining at a sushi restaurant loved by Japanese celebrities is nice when you’re in Tokyo.
Today is not market news, but there is a reason I’m writing this.
Leaving aside the skill of the sushi chef, if you run a high-priced sushi or yakiniku place in a rural area, you should imitate the atmosphere of popular Tokyo shops.
I believe this is the first step toward success.
Even as a complete amateur who can’t make sushi, there are machines that can press rice like a chef’s hands.
How to cut fish and sushi toppings is now broadcast on YouTube.
With this, you can instantly open a sushi shop that mimics a high-end sushi restaurant’s atmosphere.
Not long ago, Takafumi Horie said training for sushi for 10 years is excessive.
If you want a profitable shop, 10 years of training isn’t necessary.
It’s a completely different approach whether you want to master sushi or simply make money in a sushi shop.
This is what I wrote before in Investment Navigator
・Want to learn how to use indicators
・Want to make money in trading
I think it’s the same.
If you want to open high-priced sushi, French, or yakiniku shops in other regions and make them popular, first visit the shops that are supported in Tokyo, see how they operate and what they offer, and then take those ideas back to adapt them to your own place.
Nowadays, with YouTube and social media like Instagram, you can learn from French masters or recipes anywhere and replicate them for your own venue.
So, how about this Investment Navigator+ that I write every day?
Do readers adopt trading by imitating it and test it themselves?
If you want to engage with the market more deeply,
If you intend to make a living from trading or engage with the market, you should start as soon as possible, at least one day sooner.
Do not waste time deciding.
If you’re going to do it anyway, the time you’re spending now is wasted.
FX taxation and the existence of FX itself, whether they will continue for the next 10 or 20 years, no one can know at this point.
So when is the right time to start?
That is the question.
This year there will be the U.S. presidential election.
If Mr. Trump returns as president, relations with China may ease, and if China then plans a Taiwan crisis, Japan could face a very difficult position.
The Japanese government is currently broadening investment options for citizens.
I believe that speculation and speed are more necessary than mid- to long-term strategies like investing.
Thank you for your continued support today as well.
