Naha City
Okinawa International Ocean Exposition 50th Anniversary Symposium
From the “Ocean Expo,” which was the trigger for the tourist prefecture Okinawa, 50 years to the “present” and “future” appearance of Okinawa by utilizing soft power (nature, history, culture)
- Art / Exhibition
- Real-life event
- Event streaming
Schedule
2025.08.21（木）
Open：14:00 Open：15:00 End：18:00
Venue
Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum Auditorium 〒900-0006 3-1-1 Omoromachi, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture
Charge
Admission fee free
Contents
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ocean Expo, we look back on the history of the tourism industry, which is now a leading industry in Okinawa Prefecture, and the Ocean Expo, which triggered tourism development, and think about future Okinawa tourism.
・Video Screening “The Ocean - Its Desirable Future: A Record Revived Now”
・Keynote speech
Okinawa Churashima Foundation Chairman Wakukawa Morijun “The History and Future Prospects of Okinawa Tourism Starting from the Ocean Expo”
Endemic Garden H Representative Director Itsumi Nakamoto “Memories of the Land and the Past (Sachinuyu) -50 Years of My Grandfather, Me, and the Village-”
・Student presentation (Meio University Faculty of International Studies, Department of International Tourism Industry)
・Panel Discussion “Ocean, Nature, History, and Culture - Thinking about the Desirable Future of Okinawa Tourism”
Panelists: Wakukawa Morijun/Nakamoto Itsumi/Takara TAKARA Kurayoshi (Professor Emeritus, University of the Ryukyus) /Miyazato Daihachi (Director of Business Development Division, Japan Entertainment Inc.)
Facilitator: Kentaro Otani (Professor, Department of International Tourism Industry, Faculty of International Studies, Meio University)
Capacity：200 people
Advance applications are required
Official URL
Event details and application form
https://www.pref.okinawa.lg.jp/shigoto/kankotokusan/1011671/1035219.html