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!).

Host: Sébastien Duval

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".

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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.

Host: Sébastien Duval

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

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Our travel agency is looking for a full-time German-speaking junior travel consultant! Job goals, tasks, conditions, benefits, German market data, team, work environment…

Host: Sébastien Duval

Online highlights:

• [GERMAN] https://japantravel.de
• [PLANNING & MORE] https://en.japantravel.com

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…

Host: Sébastien Duval

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/

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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+).

Host: Sébastien Duval

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

Get to know Bryan Baier in Osaka at the speed of light! You like what you hear? Full 1-hour interview in the next episode: details, examples, follow-up questions…

Host: Sébastien Duval

Guest: Bryan Baier, Partner for active tourism.

Discover Japanese public holidays, focusing on the Golden Week: origin, details, thematic/timely places to love (✔ wheelchair ✔ pushchair)…

Host: Sébastien Duval

Guest: Bryan Baier, Partner for active tourism.

Online highlights:

• http://edowonderland.net/en/
• https://ghibli-park.jp/en/
• https://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/
• https://www.showakan.go.jp
• [IESHIMA] https://en.japantravel.com/permalink/53196
• [TATEBAYASHI] https://en.japantravel.com/permalink/60957

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:

• https://japan-ts.jp/en
• https://kamuylumina.jp
• https://visit-suruga.com/en
• https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/en
• https://www.japanmeetings.org/virtualvisit
• https://www.takikawaskypark.jp/tic_en
• https://www.wildlife-picchio.com