Spirit Icana
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According to this report of an offline meeting event with old Lufia staffers, Shino mentioned that he's managing a soba place set up by his dad in 2010: http://tabelog.com/tochigi/A0903/A090302/9010883/
Okay cool! Thank you very much.
Glad the man is doing okay.
You just solved a years long mystery for me.