Tag: Tourism Industry
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Rotemburo — Outdoor Hot Springs In Japan
I’m a big fan of rotemburo (露天風呂) outdoor hot springs in Japan, and warmly recommend them especially after hiking or cycling. Rotemburo views vary with: Some rotemburo are just “ponds in nature” but those part of facilities are typically partly roofed and thus suitable during rain & snow. In Kurokawa-onsen village, I even discovered an…
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Winter In Japan
Winter is wonderful in Japan; probably my favourite season here! It’s perfect for slow & rejuvenating baths in hot springs surrounded by snowy mountains, gathering with friends (+ random encounters) at seasonal bars, photos with huge statues at e.g. Sapporo Snow Festival, frozen lakes, the gravel-like sound of waves in partially-frozen seas… And for all…
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Expo 2025 World Cuisines — Everywhere In Japan!
Today, world cuisines of 70 countries appeared at Kura Sushi chain restaurants all over Japan as part of a 2025 World Expo campaign. For practical reasons, each restaurant only features one world cuisine in addition to the standard menu. You’d currently have to eat at 70 restaurants to taste all the dishes… Still, that’s great…
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Atomic Bomb Survivor Met In Nagasaki
Nowhere else in the world, and only for a few more years due to ageing… Meet an atomic bomb survivor in Japan like I recently did thanks to Nagasaki International Tourism & Convention Association! Discussing with this 90 y.o. Japanese was my most special moment of 2024 ✨ It also gave a special feeling to…
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Transformative Tourism 💫 Japan Is Ideal
🏰🛠️🧠 Transformative tourism is about self-discovery and personal growth. It is for you if you feel stuck/uninspired, lack self-awareness & purpose, feel culturally & socially isolated, need personal resilience & adaptability, seek authentic & meaningful experiences… or if you look for a job/career to better the world by solving these problems for others. My 10+…
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Martial Arts Tourism 🥋 Japan Focus
Martial arts tourism is transformative tourism. It may transform your mind in minutes whether you watch or practice. Even just visiting a dojo exposes to forms of respect like bowing to the sensei (= instructor) or founder’s photo. Japanese martial arts are lifelong technical & spiritual journeys with roots in Shintoism and Zen Buddhism, as…
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Professional Photographer In Japan – For You, Your Couple, Your Family
Why should you hire a professional photographer while travelling solo, as a couple, or with your family in Japan? To capture your joy & surprise, frame you with selected landmarks under a specific angle, document your adventures with little-known sights appearing only at that time, during that season, with that weather… and immortalise you with…
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Takasago — With Wonders By Gods & Artisans
Advising businesses in Takasago city (Hyogo prefecture) yesterday & today, I caught the opportunity to visit the Shinto shrine related to the famous Takasago Noh play and another shrine that holds an unusual annual festival featuring “futon” Japanese mattresses. It reminded me of guiding a French group in Takasago city as part of a spiritual…
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[LIVE] Sado Island (daily updates till 20 August)
Check this page again tomorrow for updates, and in the meantime check my stories on Instagram at @SebastienPlus 🙂 I’m on holidays on 15-20 August, enjoying Sado Island (Niigata prefecture) and its Earth Celebration annual music festival with tourism & hospitality professionals striving to make foreign leisure travellers enjoy exciting local activities and to welcome…