Japan Travel
By Japan Travel KK
Nathan Eden Interview (Ski + Myoko House)
Hear Nathan Eden discuss Japan's ski industry, introduce his lodgings in Myoko Kogen (✔ 16m of snow ✔ kids ✔ vegan), describe his business during pandemic winters, explain how his wife's cancer influenced his career, and share best trip memories in Aka-jima (worst too!), Hagi (✔ LGBTQ+), and Yunohira. He recorded and shared his favourite sound (snow clearer), and expands on his favourite taste (iekei ramen) and smell (natto!).
Guest: Nathan Eden, owner of Myoko House and Myoko Apartments (Niigata prefecture).
Support: Jessy Mauco
Online highlights:
- [RYAN GANDER] https://imdb.com/title/tt7010438/
- [AKA-JIMA] https://visitokinawajapan.com/destinations/kerama-islands/aka-island/
- [HAGI] https://en.japantravel.com/permalink/65293
- [YUNOHIRA] https://discover-oita.com/en/destinations/beppu-and-yufuin/yunohira-onsen/
Related episode: "Jerome Lee Interview".
Sound effects obtained from https://zapsplat.com.
Jerome Lee Interview
Get to know Jerome Lee, who compares Singapore & Japan, introduces his online tours business, discusses luxury/hobby/inclusive trips in Japan, and shares best tourism memories in Kamikochi, Naoshima and rainy Yakushima.
Guest: Jerome Lee, founder of FourWinds, ex-director of Japan Travel KK's travel department.
Support: Jessy Mauco
Online highlights:
- https://jpsnowsports.com
- https://www.socialinnovationjapan.com/en/home
- [SAKURA KANKO] https://489.fm
- [KAMIKOCHI] https://en.japantravel.com/permalink/13275
- [NAOSHIMA] https://en.japantravel.com/kagawa/naoshima-island
- [YAKUSHIMA] https://en.japantravel.com/kagoshima/yakushima
Sound effects obtained from https://zapsplat.com.
2022 Tokyo Tokyo Delicious Museum - Report
Discover our day at Tokyo Tokyo Delicious Museum food festival: 5 surprises, Michelin Stars, Japanese & world food (✔ vegan ✔ Muslim), influencer's tasks & thoughts, organization (✔ wheelchair ✔ kids), tips for next time…
Guest: Mehdi Fliss, influencer in Japan, Instagram @sugoiijapan.
With voices from:
- Australia (Anna Yoshida),
- China (Ushin Cho),
- Germany (Maria Neumann),
- Japan (Kota Hasegawa).
Online highlights:
- [OFFICIAL] https://tokyotokyo-delicious-museum.jp
- [SAIDO] https://edition.cnn.com/videos/travel/2020/02/21/saido-vegan-restaurant-tokyo.cnn/video/playlists/destination-tokyo/
Sound effects obtained from https://zapsplat.com.
Bryan Baier Interview
Get to know Bryan Baier: canyoning, paragliding, sandboarding, pearl date, top nature smells & sounds, child dream, way in, better life in Japan than USA, trip disappointments & tips, tourism consulting… and inclusive Osaka (✔ vegan ✔ Muslim ✔ blind ✔ wheelchair ✔ kids ✔ LGBTQ+).
Guest: Bryan Baier, Partner for active tourism, Instagram @bryanbaier. In episodes "in 7 minutes", "Golden Week".
Online highlights:
- http://zero-para.co.jp
- https://canyons.jp/en/tour-product/minakami/canyoning/fox-canyon
- https://evergreen-hakuba.com/canyoning
- https://iseshima-kanko.jp/en/see-and-do/1599
- https://ponshukan.com
- https://sakyu-vc.com/en/activity/1587/
- [BAREFOOT GEN] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1319091/
- [HIDA] https://youtu.be/JFwBqmk1a60
- [PEARL] https://en.japantravel.com/permalink/68643
- [SAND] https://en.japantravel.com/permalink/2505
- [URADOME] https://en.japantravel.com/permalink/2564
Golden Week - Public Holidays
Discover Japanese public holidays, focusing on the Golden Week: origin, details, thematic/timely places to love (✔ wheelchair ✔ pushchair)…
Guest: Bryan Baier, Partner for active tourism.
Online highlights:
2022 Japan Tourism Showcase in Osaka, Kansai - Report
Pro focus: news (✔ law ✔ MICE ✔ sustainability), internships & jobs (✔ podcast ✔ wheelchair), report about our day at JTS… How was it? Surprises? Interest in foreigners? Next event? Attendee tips? Plus 43s of a Japan Travel KK internal meeting by sales manager Kota Hasegawa and COO Geoff Day.
Host: Sébastien Duval
Special thanks to Justin Velgus (Sendai Tourism, Convention and International Association) for details!
Online highlights:
Japanese Spring with Q&A
Hear community voices with bonus info/tips about cherry blossoms, spring dreams, nature/life/work/travel during spring… And a Q&A about Japan now: Covid-19, domestic & international trips…
With messages by listeners from Japan, China, Indonesia, Thailand, UK, USA, Vietnam… and voices from:
- Australia (Nathan Eden),
- Germany (Alena Eckelmann),
- Italy (Luca De Pasquale),
- Portugal (André Moreira).
Sakura Cherry Blossoms
Discover the travel word "sakura" cherry blossoms: types & timings, events, food (✔ vegan ✔ Muslim-friendly), cruises, Tokyo (✔ wheelchair ✔ pushchair), Japanese countryside, Yoshino famous area, sakura hot springs, climate change… Thanks to the guests plus Steve Gerecke, Josh Grisdale and Bryan Baier for wheelchair/onsen tips!
Host: Sébastien Duval, community director for Japan Travel KK.
Guests in order of appearance:
- Luca De Pasquale, ex-cruise staff.
- Jessica Paje, ex-Kanagawa resident.
- Alena Eckelmann, Kansai resident.
- Malcome Larcens, Iwate resident.
- Bonson Lam, aviation & Hokkaido expert.
Launch With 7 Travel Experts
What to expect? Why launch this podcast? Plus origins of the community, mission statement, motivations and expectations by travel experts, and memories of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami (11 March 2011 - exactly 11 years ago). Thanks to all the guests!
Host: Sébastien Duval
Guests in order of appearance:
- Geoff Day, COO for Japan Travel KK (Tokyo).
- Bonson Lam (Australia).
- Alena Eckelmann, Partner (Wakayama).
- Tristan Scholze, Partner (Fukuoka).
- Peter Sidell, Partner (Kanagawa).
- Bryan Baier, Partner (Osaka).
- Jessica Paje, Partner (USA).