Sakura in May, and a Meiji era building -- must be Sapporo!
旅館青年部の全国相識に出向していますが、毎年にどこか面白い所に出向者セミナーが開くみたい。去年は北九州でしたが、私の予定が合わなくて行けなかった。今年は私が入っている部会が発表したし、行かない訳に行かなかった。場所は：札幌。
と言う訳で、北海道に始めて行きました。本当は松本空港から飛びたかったが、毎日じゃないので仕方がなくて、羽田から。結局は札幌市内しか見られへんかった。北海道の「大自然」はまだ知らなくて残念。でも、札幌の街は沢山の公園があって、所々に明治時代の建物があって、尚且つ、道の全部は順番が付いていて分かりやすかった。
そして、セミナーで井門先生の「半宿、半Ｘ」の話し、つまり、旅館は生き残る為に今までの宿泊スタイルだけじゃ駄目だと、趣味を生かして、個性を出して行かなきゃいけないという講演は良い刺激になりました。
その時に写真を提供します。
Since I've joined the national Ryokan Junior Association, I've found out that once a year they hold a seminar in an unusual place. Last year it was in northern Kyushu, but I couldn't attend due to a scheduling conflict. This year, it was in Sapporo, and as the research group that I am a member of was giving the presentation, I was obligated to go.
So, for my very first time, I went to Hokkaido. You can fly from Matsumoto Airport, but the service isn't daily, so I had to go into Tokyo and fly from Haneda Airport instead. I never got to see Hokkaido's wild expanses of nature, just downtown Sapporo. However, with its many parks and a handful of Meiji-era buildings dotting the city, not to mention the numbered streets(!), I enjoyed the little bit of time I had to sightsee.
And the keynote speech by Ikado-sensei on rethinking the traditional ryokan business model by adding side project based on the owners hobbies, was very inspiring!
Here are some pictures from the trip.
Sapporo -- Where the Streets DO Have Names!
Air 'Do from Haneda
Ikado-sensei with our "Smap" researchers
The original red brick capital building
