Friends Café Ainiko & PintoMeet the staff in charge of the play area and the kitchen at nikopin. Our qualified staff watch over your child's fun and your peace of mind, while our experienced chef serves authentic cuisine.
Play area staff
Childcare Support Worker / Child Coaching Meister / Completed ACSA Babysitter Training / Food Hygiene Supervisor
Drawing on over 13 years of creating entertainment at a children's theme park, she builds a play area where kids can have fun to the fullest. She moved to Hayama in 2023 and is a mom raising a 4-year-old daughter.
Play area staff
Childcare Support Worker / Completed ACSA Babysitter Training
Born in Yokohama. After graduating from university, she worked at several companies in the staffing services industry in roles such as sales, staffing coordinator, and human resources. She moved to Hayama 8 years ago and is now raising two sons, a second-grader and a kindergartener.
Play area staff
Licensed Nursery Teacher / Kindergarten Teacher (Type 2) / Certified Care Worker
She worked for 13 years at a licensed nursery, with extensive experience caring for infants aged 0–2. She values calm, warm supervision, and is a mom raising two daughters aged 2 and 5.
Chef
Kai House Club EXPERT member (completed the EXPERT course)
She runs a Thai cooking class from her home in Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama. Drawing on authentic Thai cuisine she learned while living in Thailand from 2012 to 2016, she has taught a cumulative total of 1,500 students over nine years since 2017. She has also held cooking classes at NANBU BASE in collaboration with Otomodachi Café Ainiko.