Toward a Society Where Everyone Can 'Set Out on a Journey That Is Truly Their Own' — Universal Tourism Symposium 'Tabi wa Michizure, Yowa no Tane #3' to Be Held in Nagoya on October 11 (Sat)
ISVD is participating as a cooperating organization in the third installment of the universal tourism symposium hosted by MinQ, to be held in Nagoya on October 11, 2025.
The Institute for Social Vision and Design (ISVD) is participating as a cooperating organization in the third installment of the symposium event "Tabi wa Michizure, Yowa no Tane" (旅は道づれ 余話のたね, roughly "Travel with Companions, Seeds of New Stories"), hosted by "MinQ" (みんきゅ~), an initiative dedicated to promoting universal tourism.
Regardless of disability, age, or other barriers, this event invites diverse speakers to share practices and challenges from a universal perspective, working toward a society in which everyone can "set out on a journey that is truly their own."
ISVD, which pursues creative approaches to social themes and facilitates dialogue across disciplines, deeply resonates with the vision of this initiative.
We will continue to collaborate with MinQ to advance, through the power of design, "mobility and tourism that leave no one behind."
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 ticket: 1,000 yen
- Supporter ticket: 3,000 yen (same content as general admission)
- Networking reception: 3,000 yen (admission ticket must be purchased separately)
About ISVD
The Institute for Social Vision and Design (ISVD) is a nonprofit organization that explores "what design can do for society." Spanning the fields of creative arts, welfare, community development, and technology, ISVD works to implement social vision and co-creation.
Through our cooperation with this event, we hope to expand our connections with partners who share the aspiration to envision the future of universal community development and tourism.