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From: Joi Ito < Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 9:40 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein; Karyna Shuliak Subject: Fwd: Minoya Here's an email from the woman from the agency that I =hink we should ask to take care of organizing things for Karyna's=visit. This is a email in response to their request to introduce me to =inoya, which Karyna visited in Kyoto, but it explains a lot about their =usiness. - =oi Begin forwarded message: From: =/b>Romy Yamada Subject: =/b>Re: Minoya Date: =/b>October 22, 2016 at 7:57:30 PM =DT To: =/b>Joichi Ito Cc: =/b>Mika Tanaka Dear Joi-San, (CC: =ika-San) Thank =ou very much for participating in our experiences yesterday. We are =elighted to hear that you enjoyed our experiences. When Oohashi-Sensei =eard about you and your guests' information she was excited to share =ith you the family treasure. Of all the experiences I attended in the =ast, it is the first time I saw those masterpiece. I talked to her =esterday night that Neri who is a very talented architect and creator =as especially inspired and she was very happy to hear that. Since I am =ropping by at her place today, I will be sharing Neri's creative work. = am attaching the pictures I took from iPhone 7! We very =uch appreciate your generosity and quickness in introducing us to =aoru-San. One of the founder of TOKI - Ms. Yuko Inamasu will be in =ouch with her today and would like to visit her. We fully understand =he situation and please rest assured that we ensure not to =isclose/discuss with anyone about this including Kaoru-san. We are =urrently focusing on creating some authentic experiences in Kyoto and =anazawa so this is very helpful for us. (Please send my regards to =izuka-San as well. Thank you for all the pictures and about Maiko =ress-up information. What a cute picture of you and =aoru-San!) Please allow me to briefly explain about my background why I =ecided to join this business. After working at international =orporations like MTV and Apple for over 10 years, I came to understand =he huge demand for authentic Japanese cultural experiences that would =ead to exploring new avenues in marketing, strategy, and creative =lanning, as well as interpreting business philosophies from a totally =ew perspective. This realization led me to join TOKI — and I =asically fell in love with the service. From your long-term =xperience involving work with various industries and top professionals, =f you have any thoughts or inputs, it would be greatly =ppreciated. EFTA_R1_00107766 EFTA01785551  Please feel free to check out our SNS when you have =ime. We recently got featured on few media, it would be =reat if you could take a look for your reading =leasure. https://www.facebook.com/pages/TOKI/281205902049439?fref=tsq=> https://instagram.com/toki.tokyo/ - New York rimes (Aug 2015) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/24/t-magazine/india-travel-richa=d- christiansen-vanessa-holden.html?_r=2 - Financial Times (Sept 2016) http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/31fc92d6-7484-11e6-b60a-de4532d5ea35.=tml lust in case you cannot see the link, I am attaching the =rticle jpeg - MERIDIAN (Oct 2016) http://www.meridian.net/a/site/japan/2016/10/12/13246850/ryogok=-kokugikan- sumo-tokyo-photo-essay Once again we hope that =he experiences has enriched the stay in Japan for everyone. Thank you very much again, and =f we can be of any service, please do not hesitate to contact us =nytime! I believe you will be flying all over the world after this =rip, please have safe travel and take care. Regards, LLIEBT.)611- ROMy =amada TOKI I Experience Curator Mobile Web: toki.tokyo <http://toki.tokyo/> I Instagram 2016/10/23 7:41, Joichi Ito < > =E344.$ : Hi Romy, Thank you for all of =our wonderful referrals and guidance in Tokyo. We really enjoyed the =xperiences, even with my two somewhat difficult guests. ;-) As I mentioned last =ight. I am a co-owner of a Ochaya in Gion. Also, as I mentioned, it4)=99s not something we publicly disclose/discuss so please do not let =eople know or talk to anyone about it, including Kaoru-san. The ochaya is called =inoya and it is in Gion. The Okasan is Yoshimura Kaoru. She is a very =lose friend. 2 EFTA_R1_00107767 EFTA01785552  Here is a picture of her when she is 18 and I am 3 years old =hen we went to the Grand Canyon. My mother taught English to geiko-san =nd maiko-san at Minoya when Kaoru's mother ran the ochaya. =aoru visited us in the US for a year when she was 18 and was my =abysitter. https://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/683183/ Here are some photos of =ecent trips with my foreign friends to Minoya: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/sets/72157627434486456 https://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/sets/72157632597914713 https://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/sets/72157648418584752 https://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/sets/72157601784731211 Minoya is a very =mall (3 room) Ochaya and is not at all like Ichiriki or any of the =arger places. My wife Mizuka talked to Kaoru-san last night and she =aid she would like to meet you and have you see the place before having =ou recommend it to people so that you understand the style and the =ize. If you =re interested, please call her. her phone number is: 0755611994 =oi 3 EFTA_R1_00107768 EFTA01785553