Universal Tourism Symposium 'Tabi wa Michizure, Yowa no Tane' #3 in Nagoya
The third universal tourism symposium hosted by MinQ will be held on October 11, 2025, at Denki Bunka Kaikan in Nagoya. ISVD participates as a cooperating organization, handling design direction and spatial production.
The Institute for Social Vision and Design (ISVD) is participating as a cooperating organization in the third installment of "Tabi wa Michizure, Yowa no Tane" (旅は道づれ 余話のたね, roughly "Travel with Companions, Seeds of New Stories"), a universal tourism symposium hosted by MinQ.
After two editions in Tokyo, the symposium expands to a regional city for the first time. In collaboration with the City of Nagoya, the event will feature a diverse lineup of speakers, including public speaker Ami Sano, to discuss the future of travel and outings that everyone can enjoy regardless of disability or age.
ISVD continues to contribute through design direction and spatial production.
Event Details
- Title: Universal Tourism Symposium "Tabi wa Michizure, Yowa no Tane" #3
- Date & Time: October 11, 2025 (Saturday), 13:00--16:00 (Doors open at 12:30)
- Venue: Denki Bunka Kaikan, 5F Event Hall (2-2-5 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 460-0008)
- Access: 2-minute walk east from Exit 4 of Fushimi Station (Higashiyama and Tsurumai Lines). Wheelchair users are advised to use the elevator at Exit 10 of Fushimi Station.
- Organizers: MinQ / Tourism for All Japan
- Sponsor: Achi Hirugami Tourism Bureau
- Cooperating Organizations: City of Nagoya; Institute for Social Vision and Design
- Speakers:
- Ami Sano (public speaker and media personality)
- Takashi Uesaka (Nagoya Television Network announcer)
- Kyoko Terada (Professor, Ohka Gakuen University)
- Hiromitsu Yoshikawa (Director, Barrier-Free Hot Spring Research Institute)
- Yuji Shirasawa (CEO, Achi Hirugami Tourism Bureau)
- Yohei Nakayama (CEO, Waku Waku Co., Ltd.)
- Koichi Wada (Executive Director, NEXT VISION)
- Dr. Sawa (psychiatrist)
- Yusuke Terada (Representative, HELPUSH)
- Sign Language Interpretation: Kema Toma
- MC: Kenta Furuya (comedian)
- Exhibition Booth: Hisako Nomura (specialist in body and daily living)
- Admission:
- General admission: 1,000 yen
- Supporter ticket: 3,000 yen (same content as general admission)
- Networking reception: 3,000 yen (admission ticket must be purchased separately)
- Report: Universal Tourism Symposium "Tabi wa Michizure, Yowa no Tane" — Report from the inaugural symposium held in November 2024.
- Stakeholder Mapping Guide for NPOs — A practical guide for visualizing diverse stakeholder relationships and designing collaboration.

