WORK
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Ouse-Inaka Experience Exchange Bilingual Video Creation
Video
Video project to introduce the ongoing activities of the Ouse-Inaka Experience Exchange. The program allows Japanese and international visitors to experience country life in the town of Ouse, Fukushima Prefecture, so a bilingual video was the appropriate choice to make everyone feel welcome. A combination of drone footage, interviews with program members, and footage from the kind of activities and experiences visitors can expect was compiled with a view that it could be used for many years in various promotional activities.
Autumn, 2020
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Hitachi Seaside Park – Inbound Tourism Planning Survey
Consulting
SEDO dispatched 5 travel experts for a project at Hitachi Seaside Park for a survey on how to approve the viability of the park as an inbound tourism destination. Advisors were from the U.K, France, Canada, Australia, and Vietnam, and various specialities brought their independent research and experience to the project for a park survey followed by a presentation session.
October, 2020
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Ministry of Environment – National Parks of Japan Activity Compilation 2020
Translation and Editing
Starting in 2018, SEDO was responsible for the English translation, managed by JTB, for this Ministry of Environment brochure compiling information on tourism-related activities available at the various National Parks of Japan. In addition to revising existing English translations, we have worked on new translations each year and the current brochure is some 300 pages and continues to grow each year. Our specialized team is familiar with the national parks themselves, but also the relevant language needed to describe the natural world with accuracy.
2020
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Hokuriku-Shin’etsu District Transport Bureau「Tokyo-Osaka via Hokuriku Strategic Promotions」Video and SNS Campaign
Video Creation - SNS Marketing
As part of the Hokuriku-Shin'etsu District Transport Bureau's ongoing promotion of the newly extended Hokuriku Shinkansen and other regional transportation infrastructure, SEDO produced a series of videos with accompanying travel stories. Video and articles for web spanned 12 prefectures in total, and was a mammoth undertaking that saw a director, writer, and a camera team take to the road for a number of weeks. The non-verbal videos and English-language content, were then promoted with a social media campaign on Facebook and Instagram that far exceeded its initial reach goals.
July, 2019 - March, 2020
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Japan National Tourism Association (JNTO) – Website Content Creation for Taste Tour Japan
Website Content Creation
Original website content creation oriented around restaurant search functionality. Our team travelled Japan, planning, shooting, and writing original English-language content with an international tourist in mind. While primarily a food-themed website, the content was designed to interweave cultural themes to appeal to a wide audience.
July, 2020 - February, 2021
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Nikko National Park – Advanced Inbound Tourism Development Project
Consulting
Advisor role on an Advanced Inbound Tourism Project developing the possibilities for the use of Nikko National Park as a tourism destination. In addition to research and speaking roles, a proof of concept pamphlet presenting the possibility of using the area as a wedding destination was produced.
September, 2020 - October, 2020
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Ministry of the Environment – Amihari Visitor Center Signage
Translation and Editing
Translation project centering on original signage and accompanying printed materials for the Amihari Visitor Center located in Towada-Hachimantai National Park. All translation and original text was carefully curated by a specialized team with extensive experience writing about the natural world to ensure both accuracy and accessibility.
September, 2020 - November, 2020
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Tiger Corporation – Tiger Forest Website Translation
Translation and Editing
Partial website translation for the Tiger Forest members site created by Tiger Corporation. In addition to translation of existing material, promotional materials, headlines and navigation were tailored towards international tastes and expectations.
(SEDO was not responsible for all the English on the website)
June, 2020 - July, 2020
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Sky Hop Bus Multilingual Audio Guide Translation
Translation
Translation project for the audio guide system available on board the Sky Hop Bus fleet of buses. The original Japanese script was translated to English, then to other languages including Chinese, Korean, Spanish, German, and French.
January, 2019 - Present
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Luggage-Free Travel Consulting Project
Consulting
Tailor-made consulting package for the JTB-operated Luggage-Free Travel service. As part of the project Samuel Thomas was appointed a Brand Advisor for JTB.
June, 2019 - March, 2020