Online bus tour Real-time online delivery Kagoshima August 14th 23:16
While there are many people who refrain from going out due to the new coronavirus, in Kagoshima prefecture, a bus company has taken an effort to deliver real-time internet while shooting tourist spots with a smartphone.
This initiative is an online tour called "Travel in Kagoshima/Minamikyushu" organized by a bus company in Minamikyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture.
We want people who are planning to go out due to the influence of the new coronavirus to enjoy sightseeing spots without visiting the site.
15 people from inside and outside the prefecture participated in the tour on the 14th, and it started as if we were on a sightseeing bus via the Internet.
In Minamikyushu City, the staff of the bus company took a smartphone to guide us around the “Chirin Samurai Residence Garden”, which has been around since the Edo period, and the “Chirin Tokaku Peace Hall,” which displays the relics of special attackers.
On the other hand, the people who participated enjoyed the history and culture by asking questions to the person in charge via the Internet, and felt as if they were sightseeing at home.
A woman in Kyoto Prefecture said, “I can breathe in the real air and eat delicious foods most, but I was able to enjoy online even with the feeling that “I can go here someday”.” It was.
The tourism industry has been hit hard by the new coronavirus, and even at the bus company that planned this tour, the tour has been cancelled and the number of participants has remained low.
Mr. Naoki Murakata, who guided us, said, "I do not have the opportunity to see the site without such a tour, so I would like to continue without going there".