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“Inspiring Trip”: Roger Federer Reveals Positive Influence of Japan on His Family
Roger Federer has a close connection with Japan as he is sponsored by Japanese retail giant, Uniqlo. And during the Asian leg of the 2018 ATP season, he made a pit stop in Japan to visit his new sponsors. He had a full trip with his family and will go to Japan again this year for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
In a recent interview with Uniqlo, Federer revealed some of the ‘firsts’ he achieved in his trip to Japan. He had never visited Kyoto before and had never ridden the bullet train before. It was a personal goal for Federer to visit Japan and show it to his family.
“That was a great experience, to be honest. It’s the first time I went to Kyoto, first time I was on the bullet train as well. And my family or my wife and us we always talked about traveling Japan extensively and I really wanted to get to know the people behind the brand better and also just show Japan to my kids.”
Japan’s impact on Roger Federer’s daughter
Moreover, the Japan trip had a positive effect on his children. One of his daughters started learning Japanese after the trip. Collectively, it was an ‘inspirational’ trip for the Federer family.
“They loved it, they still talk about it. One of my girls started to learn Japanese actually, she’s not there yet. But I couldn’t believe it at 10 years old that she got inspired actually by this trip to actually learn the language. I think it was a very inspiring trip for all of us.”
Mirka Federer, wife of Roger Federer, wants a longer trip to Japan
Federer’s wife, Mirka, even talked about staying in Japan to explore every corner of the country. Maybe, when Federer is free from the hassles of the tour, he might have a long vacation in Japan.
“My wife, she even said like how about if we go live there for like a month or something, that’d be very nice then. We could see many more you know nice corners of the country.”
Federer has nice memories from Japan and will hope to add another one in the coming months as he chases the Olympic singles gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics.
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