[Kyorin Gakuen Educational Corporation] Kobori Seminar from the Faculty of Foreign Studies, Department of Tourism Exchange and Culture participates in Higashi Izu’s attractive experience event “Off-Flight in the City. Shibuya Onsen”
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Press release: September 5, 2024
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Kobori Seminar, Department of Tourism Exchange and Culture, Faculty of Foreign Studies, participates in Higashi Izu’s attractive experience event “Go Off-Road in the City. Shibuya Onsen”
The event “Go Off-Road in the City. Shibuya Onsen” will be held at Shibuya Stream (Shibuya 3-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) from September 14th (Saturday) to October 5th (Saturday), where you can experience the charm of Higashi Izu. Sponsor: Higashiizu Town, micro Co., Ltd. This year, students from the Kobori Seminar from the Department of Tourism Exchange and Culture, Faculty of Foreign Studies, and Kyoko Kitade, a visiting researcher at Kyorin University’s Regional Research Institute, will be participating in the event. The Kobori seminar specializes in research on “hot spring tourism,” which is rare at Japanese universities. We conduct research on how to promote tourism in hot spring areas throughout Japan, and work to return the results to the local community.
The event will be held in collaboration between the university, Higashiizu Town, Izu navi, Tokyu Recreation Co., Ltd., and hot spring WAKUWAKU, an industry-academia-government collaboration, and will include sales of Higashiizu Town’s special products and promotion of tourist information, etc. On Sunday (Saturday),
Kobori seminar research activities
An event will be held where you can experience a footbath hot spring using the hot spring source of Higashiizu Town. In conjunction with this, students from the Kobori seminar and researcher Kitade will hold a quiz competition called “Let’s have fun learning! Hot Spring ○× Quiz Tournament.”
* “Let’s have fun learning! Hot Spring ◯ × Quiz Tournament” * Date and time: Saturday, October 5, 2024 13:30-14:00
Location: Inaribashi Square in front of Shibuya Stream
Contents: Participation is OK for individuals or parents and children! Everyone from children to adults can have fun learning about hot springs! A hot spring ◯ × quiz competition is planned. The winner will receive luxurious prizes such as a stay ticket to a popular inn in Higashiizu Town.
Participation: 40 people capacity, free participation, participation prize available
*Walk-in participation is OK. Advance application priority system For details such as advance application, please see peatix below. https://shibuyaonsen241005.peatix.com
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