I traded Tokyo's crowds for my hometown of 8,000 people. Now, I'm trying to help save it from disappearing.

Source: Business Insider

Koyo Murata left his small hometown for Tokyo before returning a few years later to transform an abandoned community center into a guest house. Provided by Koyo MurataKoyo Murata, now 25, grew up in a small countryside town in Japan. He moved to Tokyo to study electrical engineering and spent three years working in the city.