Born and raised in the Netherlands, Eric van Rijn has spent more than 20 years living in Japan. With degrees from the Netherlands’ Erasmus University Rotterdam in Economics (M.Sc.) and Japan’s Waseda University in International Relations (M.A.), he has worked for international companies in the Netherlands, Germany and Japan with functions in Finance, Management Support and Communications.
Having travelled in Europe, North America and Asia including Japan, he has frequently visited the Okinawan islands since his first trip in 2006. He moved to Ishigaki in Okinawa prefecture in 2016 and established Nohoho one year later. In 2020, he launched ViLLA Nohoho, a small scale per-introduction-only accommodation in the northern part of Ishigaki Island.
Since 2021, Nohoho is a business officially recognized by the local Kuura Community Center. Eric van Rijn is an active member of the Tourism Division in the Ishigaki Chamber of Commerce.
Click here for the ViLLA Nohoho site.