In 2008, he retired from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and founded the NPO Institute for Japanese Culture Experience and Education (IJCEE). IJCEE's mission is to provide Japanese cultural experience programs in Japan that can be enjoyed by foreigners.

IJCEE also worked to train specialists in Japanese culture who would be responsible for such programs. At its inception, the company had only one employee and annual sales were 2 million yen. Sushi-making and tea ceremony experiences were offered as cultural experiences that a single customer could participate in.

In 2009, the number of employees increased to two, and the number of members grew to 138, with sales of 11.42 million yen. It was the first organization in eastern Japan to successfully commercialize a Japanese cultural experience for FITs. It was the second in Japan, after WAK JAPAN in Kyoto.