Minamisanriku Town Tourism Association to Exhibit at EDIX Tokyo 2026: Theme is "Learning Tourism for Nurturing the Future"

May 13-15, 2026, Tokyo Big Sight

Introducing "Learning Tourism for Nurturing the Future"

Minamisanriku Town, located on the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, suffered extensive damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.

Since the earthquake, under the philosophy of "A town where people, forests, satoyama, and the sea cycle life," the town has been developing sustainable community building, including obtaining ASC/FSC international certifications. We propose "Learning Tourism for Nurturing the Future", which utilizes the entire region as a field for learning, offering disaster prevention and mitigation programs to help future generations learn from the lessons of the earthquake, active learning programs utilizing regional resources of forests, satoyama, and the sea, marine activities, and local lifestyle experiences based on primary industries. ※The "Learning Tourism for Nurturing the Future" project received a Special Award at the 8th Japan Tourism Awards (2024).

Booth Features

〇 Information provision for inquiry-based learning and corporate training

We will propose programs tailored to current trends and customer needs, such as disaster prevention and mitigation programs, and "active learning" and "SDGs programs" jointly provided with local specialized organizations. We will disseminate "learning utilizing the entire region as a field," which only a local tourism association can offer, expanding the possibilities of educational programs that utilize regional resources. We also accept consultations for tailor-made training trips.

Booth information: →https://www.m-kankou.jp/archives/264139/

Disaster prevention learning program for students

Inquiry-based learning program for students

Disaster prevention program for companies/local governments

Training program for inbound groups

The above proposal materials can be downloaded from our organization's introduction page for EDIX Tokyo 2026. ※Advance visitor registration is required (free). We have provided an invitation ticket URL, please use it for visitor registration. We sincerely look forward to your visit.

"EDIX Tokyo 2026" Event Overview

Dates: May 13 (Wed) - 15 (Fri), 2026

Hours: 10:00 - 18:00 *Last day only 10:00 - 17:00

Venue: Tokyo Big Sight East Exhibition Hall (3-11-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0063)

Official HP: https://www.edix-expo.jp/tokyo/ja-jp.html

About Minamisanriku Town Tourism Association

https://www.m-kankou.jp/ The Minamisanriku Town Tourism Association was established in 2009. Its purpose is to promote the cultural, social, and economic characteristics of Minamisanriku Town and its surrounding areas, attract tourists, promote tourist destinations and products, facilitate the development of tourist facilities, and improve the quality of tourism-related personnel, thereby contributing to the improvement of local living culture and the development of the industrial economy. It conducts its business to achieve this purpose.