The third ASEAN-JAPAN CENTER Travel Plan Contest

Good news from the Tourism Course.
The ASEAN-Japan-Center conducts an annual contest as part of its ASEAN Visit Campaign. The students worked on the project as part of their classes　and then submitted their tour plans.
We have received news that Ms. Maiko KAN, a second year Tourism Course student has been awarded the first prize in the “ASEAN THEME category” for the contest held in November, last year. A second year evening Tourism Course student, Ms. Asami UEDA from our Osaka college won the “Special Award Category” at the same time.

They won the awards out of 296 products submitted in four categories.
The prize winner will be joining a package tour for marketing research as an extra prize.
As a point of interest, students from Trajal have won the award three consecutive years.

Congratulations!!

Shinya Takahashi
Hospitality & Tourism College Tokyo

＊♪＊ TOU-NICHI-BUN (vol.17) ＊♪＊

We had a cultural exchange session with the second-year students at Nakano Municipal Dai-Go Junior High school on the 22nd of January.
This exchange is the fifth such event this year, and the 21students from our school and the Junior High school students participated to learn about and deepen their knowledge of each other’s culture.
Our students introduced their own culture to the Junior high school students after lunching together with them. Each of the classes went very well and the students all voiced their satisfaction with the event.

Finally, the Junior high school student chorus performance for us and all our students were very impressed!
We are planning this kind of cultural exchange with other neighbored schools.

Junko Fujisaki
Tokyo Japanese Language & Culture College

Trip to Perth and Adelaide

Hello~! This is Yuri.
Happy New year!

I went to Perth and Adelaide with Ai and Hirono during the Christmas holidays. We flew to Perth. It was very hot there! We looked around the city, and cooked Japanese curry and rice in an apartment. It was beautiful, so we were impressed.

The next day, we went to Pinnacles. There are a lot of pinnacles of rock.

We called them “Pinna-chan” and enjoyed. Then, we went sand-boarding.

We slid down a white sand dune. It was really exciting!!

The next day, we went to Rottnest Island. It took about 1 hour and a half from the city of Perth by ferry. We hired bikes and enjoyed cycling.

We were impressed by a native beauty of the island. We also enjoyed snorkeling. It was a little bit cold though, we could find colourful fish.

After 4 nights we spent in Perth, we rode “Indian Pacific”. It’s a long-distance train which runs the longest strait rail in the world. It took 2 days to get to Adelaide from Perth, and the view had been “Nullarbor Plain” all the time.

It was beautiful! We arrived in Adelaide. In the city, we found 4 pigs! He is one of them, Oliver. We spent 3 nights there and enjoyed relaxing time.

On the last day, we were coming back to Melbourne by train, but we couldn’t.

The taxi we called didn’t come. We had waited for a long time… but it didn’t come. We were upset and tried catch another taxi, but we missed the train. Finally, we flew again. We panicked but we enjoyed this happening. Haha
This 9 nights trip was amazing. We could see further Australia!

See you next time!

Yuri (student in Melbourne)

Trajal Shortshorts Project ～ Behind the Scenes

Finally, we submitted the film for the shortshorts film festival on Dec. 15, 2009.
We produced it without any professional equipment and film experts.
Of course I did not consider it quite satisfactory,
but it’s not bad at all as a maiden effort by the students.
Here is a behind-the-scenes look of the making of the movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ93PSo4fZU

Toshi
Trajal Hospitality & Tourism College

＊♪＊ TOU-NICHI-BUN (vol.16) ＊♪＊

Happy New Year! The new year has started!

I guess everybody has a challenging spirit during this time of the season, especially with the winter semester at our school unfolding.

In the beginning, I’d like to introduce various souvenirs from our students, teachers, and visitors. Maybe you can see a similar scene at your office but I think it stands out in our office. Please take a look at the photos!

Junko Fujisaki
Tokyo Japanese Language & Culture College

Shinshu Matsumoto Airport

Japan Airline’s management revitalization plan is in trouble.
A route serving the Matsumoto airport in Nagano Prefecture faces the possibility of being suspended amid the economic downturn.
The number of passengers using Matsumoto airport remains small, making the airport always a target for reduction of services on the route.

Matsumoto airport is the only airport not adjacent to the ocean out of the total 98 passenger airports in Japan, making it a rarity among airports.
Since I’m a big fan of Matsumoto airport, I urge you to come and visit the city of Matsumoto by air as a way to support the survival of the airport.

If you go to Matsumoto city, you can expect many attractions such as one of the national treasures the Matsumoto Castle, unique museums, beautiful sceneries of the Northern Japanese Alps, hot spring resorts, healthy buckwheat noodles and plenty of delicious Japanese cuisine.
These attractions undoubtedly can help you enjoy your trip to Matsumoto!



Jinei TOJO／Matsumoto Mater
Principal, Trajal Hospitality & Tourism College

Tourism Workshop focus on the Promotion of Tourism

A Tourism Workshop focused on the promotion of tourism was held at the Trajal Hospitality & Tourism College Osaka on Monday, November 16.
The theme of the workshop is “Cultivation of Human Resources”.

Sponsored by JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), the purpose of the workshop was to provide an opportunity for tourism-related officials from the Middle East to study the travel industry in Japan.
The officers were from Yemen, Syria, Egypt and the Palestinian Territories.

After touring our college facilities and observing classes the participants exchanged opinions about collaboration between academic institutions and businesses in the field of tourism.

Kumiko Yamamoto

Trajal Hospitality & Tourism College Osaka