From Kyoto,bridging Japan and Europe.
Better revenue for hotels and ryokan. Tourism that lasts. Business between Japan and Europe.
KYOFLOW is a Kyoto strategy partner that stands on the floor, not behind a slide deck.
Our Mission
Standing in the space between numbers and culture.
Strategy usually fails in the gap — between the slide deck and the floor, between the numbers and the culture.
KYOFLOW stands in that gap. A hotel's rate sheet and how a European traveller actually feels. A town's development plan and the reason a traveller chooses it. Knowing both from the inside, we connect the two.
We don't sell consulting hours. From strategy through execution, all through a single point of contact — we build lasting value between Japan and Europe.
Services
Three practices, one bridge.
Every practice rests on the same foundation: more than 15 years on the hospitality floor, over a decade of living in Kyoto, and three working languages — Japanese, English, and French.
Who We ServeThe kind of organizations we help.
Why KYOFLOW
Why KYOFLOW.
We answer with a track record, not a title.
15+ yrs
Hospitality practice
Revenue management, pricing strategy, OTA operations. On the floor of Kyoto hotels, as the person accountable for the numbers.
10+ yrs
Living and working in Kyoto
Not a base — a life. Working inside Japanese companies, learning how decisions are made here from the inside.
3 langs
Japanese, English, French
French as a mother tongue, Japanese for business, and English throughout. No translation stands between us and the room.
60k+
A voice in Japanese
More than 60,000 YouTube subscribers. What lands and what resonates — that practical instinct feeds back into our clients' strategy.
TV & Press
A public track record
Appearances on Japanese television and coverage in the press. You can see how we work in public, before signing anything.
JP⇄EU
Two-way international projects
From Europe to Japan, from Japan to Europe. Work in either direction runs across the same single bridge.
KYOTO — Ninenzaka & Sannenzaka
Founder, Florian Jourdain
Florian Jourdain ／ Founder & Principal Consultant
Message
Born in France, I learned my trade in Kyoto.
I've spent more than a decade in Kyoto — holding the numbers on a Japanese hotel floor and learning what the silences in a Japanese meeting really mean. I built KYOFLOW to work on the something that never fully translates between Japan and Europe.
I deliberately chose a small, boutique firm, so I can meet each engagement myself, on the ground. A long relationship over a short contract.
Media
Our work is out in the open — take a look first.
A voice reaching more than 60,000 subscribers in Japanese. Appearances on television. Coverage in the press. You can see how we work in public, before signing anything.
- 60,000+
- YouTube subscribers
- TV
- Broadcast appearances
- Press
- Newspaper coverage
Insights
Insights
Not a pitch — the thinking comes first. Notes from the floor.
The first 30 minutes
are just a conversation.
No pitch. We listen to where things stand and tell you honestly whether we can help. In Japanese, English, or French — whichever you prefer.
30-minute first consultation · No fee · No pitch
Email directly:florian@kyoflow.com