We decided to make memories as a couple and started our own business 10 years ago.
I decided that if I was going to take on the challenge, I would take on the challenge overseas, so I moved to Cambodia with my wife.
We cleared the wasteland in the suburbs and created a shop "Pleia Garden" from scratch where you can enjoy yoga and spa.
Cambodia is still not well known, and many people may have only negative impressions such as civil war, landmines, and poverty.
However, the city of "Siem Reap" where we lived is safe, and the Cambodian people are all friendly and warm.
In the six years we lived there, we fell in love with Cambodia.
In addition to the customers who came to the store, there were various connections at the site.
Among them, I fatefully came across pepper from Kampot in southwestern Cambodia.
The moment I took a bite of the salted pepper, I was shocked, "This is delicious!"
After returning to Japan after deciding to close "Prea Garden" due to the Corona disaster, I felt a mission to convey the charm of Cambodia.
And if we are going to go to the trouble of telling them, why not deliver something wonderful that will make them happy in addition to this information to as many people as possible?
With that in mind, I launched "& CAMBODIA" to provide food centered on "pepper from Kampot" that I encountered locally.