Hamish Downie

Hamish Downie is an experienced English Second Language Teacher and Mentor at Berlitz Japan since November 2012, specializing in teaching individual and corporate clients and assessing new students. As a self-employed writer and producer since 2010, Hamish has a diverse portfolio accessible at http://hamishdownie.wordpress. Additionally, from January 2018 to August 2023, Hamish contributed as a freelance writer for The Two Gay Geeks, authoring columns "News Sushi" and "5 Questions with." Hamish has also worked as a travel correspondent for NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation in 2019 and 2018, producing reports on various travel destinations. Hamish holds a Bachelor of Design with a major in Graphic Design and a minor in Marketing from the University of Newcastle, which was completed between 1998 and 2002.