Thank you for visiting the Winning Balloon Club website.

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce how the Winning Balloon Club was born.

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My father was a hot air balloon pilot, and I (Imamura) have been familiar with balloons since I was a child.

However, in contrast to that environment, elementary, middle and high school students spend their days playing baseball.

After that, when I became a university student and reconsidered my future, I thought, "Now is the time for my father to teach me piloting skills," and applied to become a pilot.

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At the same time, from my experience backpacking around the world when I was a student, I came up with a goal to someday create a place where I could feel the charm of hot air balloons and experience encounters and discoveries just like when I went on an adventure!

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After that, I got a job once, but my passion for hot air balloons did not cool down during that time, so I retired in 2015.

In 2016, the Winning Balloon Club was established and the balloon experience started.

At the same time, we spent about 4 years renovating a 100-year-old traditional house, and in 2019, we started a guest house "SOLABASE" where you can ride a hot air balloon.

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Even now, we will continue to explore new possibilities for balloons while updating the experience that you can enjoy.

At the same time, the goal of the Winning Balloon Club is to become the world's number one in hot air balloon competition.

In fact, hot air ballooning is also the oldest sky sport.

I wonder what the scenery will look like when I become the best in the world. With such excitement, we are starting to move towards our next goal.