was a Japanese-born Nepalese tourism entrepreneur and politician. Miyahara was born in Nagano, Japan, and obtained a bachelor's degree in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering from Nihon University, Tokyo. When he moved to Nepal, he began working for the Department of Cottage Industry of Nepal.[1]
Miyahara was the chairman of the boards of Himalaya Hotel in Kathmandu and Trans Himalaya Treks.[2] Miyahara founded Trans Himalaya Tours in 1968 and a Japanese sister company, Himalaya Kanko Kitatsu, in 1969. The following year, he founded Trans Himalayan Trekking. In 2006, Miyahara founded the Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party. He became a citizen of Nepal in order to be able to work politically.[3] At the 2008 election of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly, none of the candidates won the seat.
He died on November 24, 2019, in Nepal. Miyahara lived over 40 years in Nepal.