It has taken John Kavelin 40 minutes to drive from his job as director of design and production at Tokyo Disneyland to his home in Minami Azabu. At least 20 minutes faster than if he took the train, he notes, pleased.
John throws together a neat salad before offering a tour of his even neater apartment. Fine pieces of Oriental furniture. Artifacts gathered on research trips throughout Southeast Asia or from the weekend flea market at Togo Shrine in Tokyo. A collection of art by famed artists and friends. Working drawings of Disney projects. Lots of family photos, including his twin -- and even two ex-fiancees!
His Scottish mother was a concert pianist at age 13. His father (a dead ringer for Walt Disney himself) gave up a promising career as an opera singer to raise his family. "He went into real estate and bought us a nice house on Long Island on the proceeds of selling two baseball stadiums in one week."