The 1st Regional Promotion Seminar in fiscal year 2018 (Results)

On June 21, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the 1st Regional Promotion Seminar in fiscal year 2018 jointly with Hagi City (Yamaguchi Prefecture), Niigata Prefecture, the Gotō Islands (Nagasaki Prefecture) and Yabu City (Hyōgo Prefecture) at Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo and about 170 people including around 60 foreign diplomats in Japan participated in the seminar.
In the first part of the seminar, Hagi City made a presentation on Hagi Pottery and Natsumikan Oranges, Niigata Prefecture introduced the world’s first academic discipline about sake, “Sakeology”, the Goto Islands promoted the hidden Christian sites in Nagasaki region and Yabu City made a presentation on Asakura Sansho, a magic spice.

In the latter part of the seminar, Hagi City offered a special opportunity for visitors to experience pottery painting, visitors also enjoyed tasting 12 brands of sake at the Niigata booth area, the Goto Islands promoted their delicious local foods such as Goto hand-stretched Udon noodles and tuna Sashimi and Yabu City offered Calligraphy live performance on the stage and promoted Asakura Sansho and yuzu citrus products at its booth area.

This semiar contributed to enhancement of foreign diplomats’ understanding for each region of Japan and networking between the local governments and the diplomatic corps.

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