Twenty-five years after coming to Japan, in March 2012, Martina Umemura founded a company in Kesennuma named the Umemura Martina Kesennuma FS Atelier, which creates and sells wool and knitwear. The "FS" in "Kesennuma FS Atelier" stands for "Friedenssocken," which means "Peace Socks" in German. With the sincere hope that people will find happiness by touching wool and knitwear from Kesennuma, the company is moving forward one step at a time.
| October 1987 | Comes to Japan as a trainee physician. |
| April 1991 | Enters the Graduate School of Medicine at Kyoto University. Doctorate completed in March 1995. |
| April 1994 | Begins as a lecturer of German at the Goethe Institute in Kyoto, contract completed in 2010. |
| April 1995 | Begins as a part-time lecturer of German at the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, continues to work there as of now. |
| 2005 | Joins the cooperative in aid of Afghanistan called TAFA (Takarazuka Afghanistan Friendship Association). Project currently suspended. |
| 2006 | Participates at Chionji Temple Handicraft Market in Kyoto, organizes knitting classes. Project currently ongoing. |
| June 2011 | Visits Kesennuma for the first time. In July, the Koharagi Takochan (a woolen octopus doll) is created. |
| March 2012 | Founds the Umemura Martina Kesennuma FS Atelier Co., Ltd. (Ryuichi Saitou chosen as Representative Director) |
| April 2012 | Moves from Kyoto to Kesennuma. |
| June 2012 | Assumes the role of Representative Director at Umemura Martina Kesennuma FS Atelier Ltd. |
