[“Snack GLOCAL” x Kotohira]

Date and Time: February 15, 2024, 19:00-21:30

Location: S-TOKYO

Address: 16-5 Kodemmacho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo

(1 minute walk from Kodemmacho Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, 15 minute walk from Bakurocho Station on the JR Line)

Participation fee: Free (advance registration required)

【schedule】

17:00-18:30

Coworking Time Event Participants Only! Free access to the 3rd and 4th floor coworking spaces!

18:30-

Doors open. The second floor will be opened. Please purchase one drink on the first floor before entering the venue.

19:00-19:30

Meet up glocal talk session (Free admission, advance registration required) / 2nd floor

19:30-21:30

Snack time (cash on delivery) / 1st floor

*Please pay by credit card.

Application link:

https://peatix.com/event/3816915

Glocal = Thinking globally, but acting locally 🌍

At "Snack GLOCAL," we invite local players from all over Japan and around the world to become snack bar owners!

This event offers an exciting yet welcoming atmosphere, like stepping into a deep, local bar. 🎉

In the "Meet up glocal talk session," five speakers from Kotohira Town in Kagawa Prefecture—Ms. Kishimoto, Ms. Ike, Ms. Urushihara, Ms. Kusunoki, and Ms. Omi—will share the charms of Kotohira from a "glocal" perspective. 🎙✨

During "Snack Time," the Kotohira members mentioned above will act as one-day managers of a snack bar, casually interacting with guests while offering local snacks. Drinks will also be available on a cash-on-delivery basis.

Even if it's not your hometown, if you're interested in the place or consider it your second home, please feel free to join us! Calling all Kotohira lovers!

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"Snack GLOCAL" - Today's One-Day Managers

▶Hiroki Kishimoto, Representative Director, Shiori Co., Ltd.

"The HAKOBUNE Project: A Box-Shaped Park for Recreation"

This playground, recreating a 50-year-old abandoned building in Kotohira Town, Kagawa Prefecture, is a park-like space where individuals can enjoy recreation (spontaneous, playful, and creative activities) using their own creativity.

▶Ryutaro Ike, Representative Director, KONPIRA DROP STORIES Co., Ltd.

“Five Farmers Ike Shoten 28th Generation”

For generations, their family has assisted with the rituals at Kotohira Shrine and is one of five families known as the "Five Farmers" who are permitted to sell candy on the shrine grounds. They manufacture and sell "Kamiyo Candy." As ambassadors for Kotohira, they continue to engage in various activities to promote the town's charm.

▶Yasuhiro Urushihara, Representative Director of Kotohira International Hotel Yumoto Yachiyo Co., Ltd. / Chairman of Kotohira Town Tourism Association

▶ Taijiro Kusunoki, Representative Director, Kotohira Bus Co., Ltd.

▶ Jun Omi, Representative Director, Regional Revitalization Co., Ltd.

"The Three Musketeers of Aging in Kotohira"

These free-spirited old men, while taking great care every day to avoid being labeled as a nuisance, and trying to stay inconspicuous and not get in the way, are doing whatever they want, such as large-scale renovations that cost a fortune.

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Meet up glocal talk session

MC▶︎Elena

CEO of ELENTO LLC. Engaged in global PR and digital nomad attraction/acceptance businesses both domestically and internationally. Responsible for public relations related to workation and digital nomads. Based in Shimoda, Izu.

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What is Kotohira?

Population: 7,907, Area: 8.47 km², Aging rate: 41%

As a temple town for "Konpira-san," one of the prefecture's leading tourist destinations, it is a town that weaves together history and culture, and the "Konpira Onsenkyo" hot spring resort is an important base for accommodation and sightseeing in Kagawa Prefecture and Shikoku. Although it is a small town, it has two train stations (JR and Kotoden), direct buses from Takamatsu Airport, and express buses from Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka, so it is blessed with good access.

However, the number of tourists has generally been on a downward trend since the opening of the Seto Ohashi Bridge (1988), and what is needed is not a recovery from the pandemic, but rather regional innovation spurred by the pandemic.

The theme is " A town you'll want to visit many times in your life ."

What are they doing in Kotohira Town?

Towards becoming a mecca for digital nomads… Focusing on Kotori Coworking & Hostel Kotohira, Kotohira Claska, and HAKOBUNE Hostel Cabin, which are scheduled to open this spring, we are working to improve the environment for welcoming digital nomads and nomad workers from both Japan and overseas, and are developing accommodation programs.

〇 Community-wide Hotel Project… With the theme of revitalizing the shopping district, five vacant houses will be renovated into a guesthouse, a bagel shop, and a Japanese tea cafe. Scheduled to open in December 2024.

Kotohira Digital Town Residents… As a complementary tool for creating fans, repeat visitors, and people with connections to the area, a tourism CRM has been launched in collaboration with private businesses.

...and so on.