Akihiro Matsuda (Japan) -parkrun in every place I call home!

This week I’m thrilled to welcome **my very first parkrun Japan guest** — **Akihiro Matsuda** — whose beautiful mantra is: **“parkrun exists in every place I call home.”** Akihiro’s parkrun story spans **Singapore and Japan**, and it’s packed with warmth, community-building and quietly brilliant leadership. We begin with his early parkrun days at **East Coast Park parkrun (Singapore)**, and follow his journey back to Japan where he helped bring parkrun to life close to home — launching **Gongendo 2gou Kouen parkrun (GGD2)<...**