"The World's Hot Spring Capital, Japan" Hot Spring Tourism Promotion Council and Kaga City
Date and Time
Saturday, February 22, 2020 13:00-16:00
venue
Hotel Arrowle (Zuisho)
Content
Opening Remarks Mayor of Kaga City, Mr. Riku Miyamoto
<<Venue Introduction>> Introduction to Kaga Onsenkyo
Special Speech ① Messages from the disaster-stricken areas of Noto ①Video message from Onosato ② Mayor of Wajima City, Shigeru Sakaguchi (online participation) 3. Mayor of Nanao City, Yoshitaka Chatani (online participant)
<Japan Tourism Showcase Activity Plan> ・Mr. Hiroshi Mizohata, Chairman Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau ・Julian Gigli (Advisor for "Japan Tourism Showcase" and CEO of TARGET JAMM) Theme: "The appeal of Japanese hot spring culture and examples of hot springs around the world"
Special Speech ② ① Mr. Junichi Kanai, Chief of Hot Spring Culture Promotion, Cultural Promotion Division, Regional Revitalization Department, Gunma Prefectural Government, Secretariat of the Association of Governors Supporting the Registration of "Hot Spring Culture" as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage "Hot Spring Culture as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage" ②Shanghai Homing Swallow Health Tech Co., Ltd. General Manager Mr. Cheng Jianzu "The hot spring situation in Liaoning Province, China, the country with the second largest number of hot spring sources in the world" 3. Mr. Hiroshi Osaki, Co-chair of the Osaka-Kansai Expo Event Review Committee (former Chairman of Yoshimoto Kogyo Holdings) "Hot Springs and the Benefits of Inconvenience"
Panel Discussion Theme: "Expo Year! How to Promote Japan's Hot Spring Culture" Panelists: Mayor of Kaga City, Mayor of Atami City, Co-chair of the Osaka-Kansai Expo Event Review Committee, Chairman Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation), Mayor of Matsue City (online participant), Counselor of Matsuyama City, Deputy Mayor of Beppu City Moderator: Director-General Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau
<Kaga Declaration> Mayor of Kaga City, Mr. Riku Miyamoto
Closing remarks (Greetings from the next host city) Mayor of Atami City, Sakae Saito
Number of participants
80 people in person, 180 people online
press
Two TV companies ・Kanazawa Television, Yomiuri affiliate Hot Spring Symposium in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture to Promote Hot Spring Culture at the Osaka Kansai Expo - Kanazawa Television (news.yahoo.co.jp) ・Ishikawa Television (Fuji affiliate) How to attract foreign tourists to hot spring resorts? Symposium held in Kaga City - Ishikawa Television (news.yahoo.co.jp)
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