Sitting down with Japan's most unconventional influencer

Meet Bernd Kestler, a German knitter living in Japan. He sits down to talk to us about moving to Japan in the 80s, his love for knitting, and exactly how he's established this unconventional career in Japan.--0:00 Intro0:45 Meet Bernd7:08 First interest in knitting12:32 Knitting in Japan14:55 Knitting full-time16:54 Knitting in Japan vs. Germany22:27 Understanding knitting designs24:03 Japanese knitting designs28:33 Guiness record blanket for Tohoku37:07 First knitting book42:29 Japanese yarn44:28 How the book affected his career46:51 Translating knitting concepts to Japanese49:36 Collaboration with Komeda Coffee54:10 Knitting creative projects58:55 Japanese color palettes1:01:30 Those spiky things on the table1:08:51 Looking back1:16:29 Knitting innovation--Follow Bernd:http://berndkestler.com/ ⁨@BerndKestler⁩ https://www.instagram.com/berndkestler/https://www.facebook.com/bernd.kestler/https://linktr.ee/berndkestlerFollow us:https://unpacking.jp/https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japanhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapanhttps://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshortshttps://www.x.com/unpacking_japanhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapanSubscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/