Takashi Yasuda and Kim Hye Gyong met three years ago while both were living in an international guesthouse in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo.
Yasuda was interested in foreign cultures — a trip after college across the United States had taught him the importance of intercultural communication — while Kim was working for a South Korean trading company after graduating from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
Engaging in daily conversations in the guesthouse lounge, the two soon found themselves in love, and one year after their first encounter, decided to get married.