Netflix relocated me to Japan. After I left the job, I found a new way to stay.
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After relocating from Los Angeles, Matthew Kelson and his wife decided to raise their two kids in a small Japanese town outside Tokyo.
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Matthew Kelson knew he wanted to stay in Japan and decided to open a movie theater.Provided by Matthew KelsonMatthew Kelson, now 43, grew up in Michigan and opened his first cinema in his 20s.He went on to work for Netflix in Los Angeles before getting transferred to Japan in 2020.After leaving his job at Netflix earlier this year, he renovated a kindergarten and founded a cinema in Japan.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Matthew Kelson, now 43, who was transferred by Netflix from Los Angeles to Tokyo and is now the founder of CineYama, an independent cinema in Uenohara, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. His words have been edited for length and clarity.Japan isn't new to me. In middle school, I spent two weeks living with a host family as part of an exchange program. I returned a couple of times as an adult.I was working at Netflix in Los Angeles when the company relocated me to Japan in 2020. I was based in Tokyo for two years before moving to Uenohara, a small town…