How Local Cultures Spark Creative Journeys

What do backpacking across 15 countries and the Golden Drum Festival have in common? Everything.

For Kentaro Kimura, International Chief Creative Officer and Corporate Officer at Hakuhodo, and Omni-Channel Jury President, each journey—whether through winding streets or creative quests—reshapes how we view the world and ourselves. So what lessons can we draw from crossing borders, both real and imagined? Watch as Kentaro reveals how his adventuresome past inspired his approach to creativity and why the Golden Drum feels like its own kind of expedition!