AJC organizes a technical trip to Chichibu City, Saitama, Japan for Asean officials for inbound tourism promotion activities
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:44:11 +0000
The Asean-Japan Centre(AJC), an intergovernmental organization of the Asean and Japan based in Tokyo, organized a technical visit to Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, for the representatives of the embassies of Asean Member States and related agencies in Tokyo as part of the AJC’s inbound tourism promotion activities on February 22.
The program was organized with support from Kanto District Transport Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, and co-organized by Chichibu Omotenashi Tourism Organization. Eleven Asean officials based in Tokyo, from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and VietNam participated to visit various sites in Chichibu City including Chichibu Festival Hall, Urayama Damand Seibu Railway station.
Chichibu shrine annually organizes Chichibu Night Festival,which is known to have more than 300 years of history, and its “Float Parade and Kagura” is listed as Unesco’s Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Urayama Dam was constructed in 1999 in the upstream area of Arakawa River, and it contributes to the Tokyo Metropolitan area through flood control, stable water supply and hydro power generation.
The visit was followed by presentations by Seibu Railway and Chichibu Omotenashi Tourism Organization. Seibu Railway introduced the express train “Laview,” which connects Chichibu and Ikebukuro. Its design was recently renewed after 25 years.
The visit ended with a network gathering with representatives of the tourism industry in Chichibu, then, the participants took the Laview train to return to Tokyo.