Shimizu started with the Budget Inn and Tour Club, two wildly popular backpacker guesthouses in Kyoto.
"I wanted to create a new Japanese original, " explains Keiji Shimizu, the owner of Capsule Ryokan Kyoto.
It houses the million-strong toy collection of local architect Roberto Shimizu, who spent decades amassing the pieces on display.
Since the Capsule Ryokan Kyoto is such a hit, one can only wonder what Shimizu's next project will be.
Dr Fujita and Dr Shimizu have combined these two advances to create a holographic projection system for beams of atoms.
Talking with his guests, Shimizu realized they were desperate for an authentic Japanese experience, but Kyoto's traditional ryokan were often beyond their budget.
And then there's N8 (pronounced "Nate") Shimizu, who works with bands and music production and handles the magazine's business and advertising.
Hometown crowds were overjoyed by gold medals from speed skater Shimizu Hiroyasu, free-style skier Satoya Tae, and ski jumper Funaki Kazuyoshi.
After the tournament he will take charge of Japanese side Shimizu S-Pulse.
Mr Davidson, whose parents were paired off by Mr Moon, said he struggled to communicate with his Japanese bride, Kotona Shimizu, 21.
NEC's Fundamental Research Laboratories and Fujio Shimizu of the University of Tokyo.
Shimizu wondered if he might combine the best points of a capsule hotel - price and convenience - with the gentle touches of a traditional ryokan.
Shimizu backpacked around the world in the late 1980s, then did a stint as an insurance executive in order to realise his dream of opening reasonably-priced, foreigner-friendly accommodations in Kyoto.
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