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Hello! It's super homecoming!

We would like to announce the details and recruitment information for "Super Local Festival 2024", which will be held on Sunday, December 8th!

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Create! Get involved! Have fun!
A meetup to connect with friends based on love for your hometown [Super Local Festival 2024]

In a typical trip or business trip, the destination town is a "place to visit," but when it comes to your hometown, it is a "place to return to." A hometown is a place filled with memories, and a special place that can even become part of your identity. The relationship between a town that feels like your hometown and its people has the potential to develop a long-lasting, deep relationship that will not be easily severed.

The Super Homecoming Association defines a hometown as "a region with memories and feelings." This event is based on the motto "You can create a hometown you love." It is a meetup event where people who enjoy, are involved in, create, and develop their hometowns gather to imagine the future relationship between towns and people. We will work with companies and guests who have a strong affinity with the Super Homecoming initiative and concept to liven up the event.

On the day, we will have guest talk events, booth exhibits, and social time to create an opportunity for participants to connect with local people and discover hints for their future lives and work.

Please join us!

＼ Recommended for these people ／

・Activists who focus on their hometown
・People who enjoy living in their hometown
・People who want to have a hometown of their own
・Companies that develop businesses that create towns that feel like "hometowns"

| Contents
1. Introduction talk
The Super Homecoming Association, which will act as moderator, will give an introductory talk based on their activities to date.

②Guest Talk Session ⑴
We plan to hold talk sessions with guests who are involved in local issues such as creating a connected population, communities, and regional development.
What are the key points for getting into the area and what should you do first?

This will be a talk session with guests who are active in the local community and will cover such topics!

<Guest Introduction ①>

Saori Miyamoto
Kayac, Inc. Regional Capitalism Division Manager
SMOUT Business Manager

After working as an editor for a long-established travel magazine at a publishing company, she moved to a digital agency. She is involved in corporate content marketing and co-creation projects between companies and government. She was attracted to "Kamakura capitalism" that she encountered while working on local projects, and joined the interesting company KAYAC in 2021. She currently lives in Kamakura City. She likes dark tourism and 100% natural hot springs. Her book "Beautiful Skin Hot Springs" is available.

<Guest Introduction 2>

Ryo Taniguchi
Corporate Collaboration Regional Revitalization Cooperation Team / Awae Co., Ltd.

Born in Ojiya City, Niigata Prefecture. Experienced as a director of advertising, web and app production, and management of a startup support center. After that, thinking that this was a rare chance to work in his hometown and utilize his past experience, he returned to Ojiya City as a corporate collaboration regional revitalization volunteer and joined Awae Co., Ltd. He is responsible for a wide range of tasks, from attracting companies to planning seminars and shopping district revitalization events, and managing coworking spaces.
As part of his life's work, since 2019 he has been taking care of a vacant house in Ikegami, Ota Ward, planning and running events for people both in and outside the area. He currently lives in two locations, splitting his time between Ojiya and Ikegami.

<Guest Introduction 2>

Asuka Kawashima
Talentbook Inc. Business PR
Mito Accommodation Exchange Center PR/Event Director

Born in Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture, he focused on the local industry-academia-government collaboration class "Jiyugaoka Event Collaboration" at university. After graduating, he joined talentbook Inc. and is currently working as a business public relations officer. In 2021, in addition to his main job, he began living between Tokyo and Ibaraki, working on the management and PR of the Guesthouse Mito Accommodation Exchange Center. In 2022, he returned to his hometown and recently planned and managed the event "IBARAKI LIFE IS ORDINARY" to experience everyday life in Ibaraki.

③Guest Talk Session ⑵
We plan to hold talk sessions with guests who are involved in local issues such as creating a connected population, communities, and regional development.

<Guest Introduction ①>

Takashi Sabetto
Address Co., Ltd. CEO

Joined Gaiax Corporation in 2000. After working in public relations and business development, he founded the Sharing Economy Association in 2016 and became its Secretary General. In 2017, he was appointed a Sharing Economy Evangelist by the Cabinet Secretariat's IT Strategy Office. He became a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' Sharing Economy Task Force. In 2018, he founded Address Corporation, which develops a platform for multi-location living services, and became its President and CEO. In 2022, he was awarded the Japan Service Awards' Excellence Award and Jury Special Award. In 2023, he became a director of the Sharing Economy Association.

<Guest Introduction 2>

Junichi Sato
Kayac Group Strategy Officer

After graduating from university, he worked in research and development at a major electronics manufacturer. He then participated in the launch of a technology venture company. In 2004, he founded Trust Convection Co., Ltd., which operates a variety of businesses to help more people experience the joy and fulfillment of teamwork, from leading projects involving several thousand people in the financial and manufacturing industries to developing teamwork services. In 2011, the company was merged with Kayac, a fun corporation that shared his vision, and he became an executive officer. He is currently in charge of promoting the company's group management strategy. In addition, in order to realize the "regional capitalism" advocated by the company, he works with several regions, including Kamakura, to support regional revitalization using regional capital. He promotes business development related to area communication and proposals for new housing and lifestyles that are in line with the sensibilities of future consumers.

④Everyone's Super Local Exhibition
・Super Homecoming Ambassador Booth Display
・Create a local map together

This is a section introducing the Super Homecoming Ambassadors who are helping to promote the Super Homecoming event, as well as a local introduction map that will be created together with all participants.
This is a space where event participants can freely view and participate.
Please come and join us for the talk event!

*More details will be provided on-site.

| Overview of the day
◯Date and time: Sunday, December 8, 2024, 14:00 - Sunday, December 8, 18:00
Location: SHIBUYA QWS (15F Scramble Square, 2-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002)
Participation fee: Free
◯Number of participants:
・Each content ①②③｜50 people per session
・Exhibition/booth participation | No restrictions on the number of participants
*Due to limited participation slots, if you wish to participate in each content, please apply for a ticket separately.

○ Overall schedule for the day
14:00-14:15 Doors open
14:15-14:45 ①Intro talk by Chokisou
14:45-15:15 Meetup time
15:15-15:45 ②Talk discussion (coming soon!)
15:45-16:15 Meetup time
16:15-17:15 ③Talk discussion
Talk event with Mr. Sabetto of ADDress Co., Ltd. and Mr. Sato of Kayac Inc.
17:15-17:30 Closing and group photo
17:30-18:00 Meet up time/disbandment
*Content is subject to change.

◯ About shooting on the day

This event may include photography and videography. Filmed footage will be posted on the internet media of the "Super Homecoming Association" (website, blog, note, Facebook page, and other social media).

◯ Handling of personal information
The personal information you provide will not be used for any purpose other than this project. We will not provide your personal information to third parties without your consent. We will appoint a person in charge of managing the personal information we collect, and will implement proactive safety measures to prevent loss or leakage of the information.

◯ Organizer: Super Homecoming Association

｜What is Super Homecoming?

Super homecoming = returning to a friend's hometown
This is not a normal homecoming, nor is it a tourist trip. This project advocates "the experience of enjoying a friend's hometown as if it were your own (=super homecoming)" as a new local experience that replaces travel.

It is because there are people who have trust in the local community that the local area feels closer to them and creates a sense of empathy as it is similar to your own hometown.
We aim to create a "trust population" that is deeper than the relationship population, lowers the barriers to entry into the community because they are trustworthy people, wants to be continuously involved, and develops an attachment to the town, saying "I love this town!"

For more details on Super Homecoming, click here.

■ Introduction to Super Homecoming

Can I only go back to my hometown? | SHIBUYA QWSCan I only go back to my hometown?
https://shibuya-qws.com/project/chokisei

■instagram

[Super Homecoming Directory] (@chokisei_meikan)
https://www.instagram.com/chokisei_meikan/?hl=ja

■Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/chokisei

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