{"id":43161,"date":"2026-06-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kanakane.co.jp\/?p=43161"},"modified":"2026-09-25T12:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:56:28","slug":"hokkaido-shimbun-tobetsu-tourism-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanakane.co.jp\/en\/2026\/06\/09\/hokkaido-shimbun-tobetsu-tourism-association\/","title":{"rendered":"[Media Coverage] Our collaboration with the T\u014dbetsu Town Tourism Association was featured in the Hokkaido Shimbun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An article in the Hokkaido Shimbun dated June 9, 2026, featured the collaboration between the T\u014dbetsu Town Tourism Association and KAN\u2011AKANE CO., LTD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In T\u014dbetsu, where the number of visitors from Greater China has surged since the opening of ROYCE\u2019 Cacao &amp; Chocolate Town, the town\u2019s tourism association has launched Chinese-language social media accounts (Instagram, Threads and Facebook). KAN\u2011AKANE has been commissioned to run these accounts and has been posting weekly since May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A video of town staff introducing T\u014dbetsu in Chinese has been well received, and reactions are already coming in, including posts in Chinese on Threads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also plan to take part in the Taipei International Travel Fair (ITF), Taiwan\u2019s largest travel trade show, held in Taipei in November, and will further step up our efforts to promote T\u014dbetsu overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hokkaido-np.co.jp\/article\/1322905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the article<\/a>(Hokkaido Shimbun, members only)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tobetsu Town Tourism Association Official Chinese Social Media Accounts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tobetsu_hokkaido\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@tobetsu_hokkaido\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Threads<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61574701974774&amp;locale=ja_JP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KAN\u2011AKANE will continue to work with the local community to share the appeal of T\u014dbetsu and Hokkaido with Chinese-speaking audiences. We also welcome inquiries from businesses and organizations interested in promoting inbound tourism to Hokkaido with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25b6 <a href=\"\/en\/contact\/\">Click here to contact us<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article in the June 9, 2026, edition of the Hokkaido Shimbun featured a collaboration between the Tobetsu Town Tourism Association and Kanakane Co., Ltd. In Tobetsu Town, where the number of tourists from Greater China has surged following the opening of Lloyd\u2019s Cocoa &amp; Chocolate Town, the town\u2019s tourism association is utilizing Chinese-language social media (Instagram\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-192","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanakane.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanakane.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanakane.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanakane.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanakane.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kanakane.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43162,"href":"https:\/\/kanakane.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43161\/revisions\/43162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanakane.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanakane.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanakane.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}