OSAKA -- While the nation is gripped by Olympic fever, Shigemitsu Nishihara in Ikuno Ward here is looking forward to the 2002 World Cup to be cohosted by Japan and South Korea as an event to boost bilateral relations and to promote his hometown.
Nishihara, 42, is the owner of a kimchi home delivery firm in an area that has one of the largest concentrations of ethnic Koreans in Japan.
As a third-generation Korean resident in the country, he wanted not only to sell Korean food but also to show visitors to the town how kimchi is made and what Korean cuisine is all about.