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Graubunden

By 5th January 2008June 28th, 2014

Junko Watanabe is the owner of Graubünden café in Izumikyo 2. She’s had a long association with the area – when she was little her family moved to Niseko because of her dad’s work as an employee of a chair lift building company. She always loved skiing and spent most of her childhood on the mountain. The ski business was so big in Japan at that time that many tour companies came to Niseko and asked her to be a model on skis. She was seduced by the advertising game and moved to Tokyo. Success followed and she soon opened her own business as a stylist in Roppongi. However Niseko was always on her mind and she couldn’t stay away. Jun-san returned and opened her little café. Most lunchtimes you’ll find it full of seasonal staffers who love her fresh sandwiches. Don’t let the locals have all the fun, pop in and say hi to Junko-san and grab a sandwich and cake!

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