Author Profile

Ayumu Takahashi, at the age of twenty, inspired by the movie Cocktail, dropped out of college and together with friends opened, Rockwells, an American style bar. In two years he expanded his one bar to four. At twenty-three, in order to publish his autobiography, again together with friends, he established his own publishing company, Sanctuary Publishing, Inc. Here he produced a number of hit books and his autobiography, Everyday is an Adventure, became a best seller. He was married at twenty-six and just three days after his wedding, relinquished the title of president to set out on a journey around the world with his new bride. Approximately two years later, after having roamed thirty some countries, he returned home. In December 2000, he and his wife settled in Okinawa. Presently, he is the president of four of his own companies: A-works, Inc., a book and magazine publishing and producing factory, Play Earth, Inc., an international cafe and guesthouse developer, Island Project, Inc., a self sustaining Okinawa island village producer, and One Peace Books, an international seller of his works. As a father of two he still continues to take adventures around the world.