"Hello Japan-based video blogger partners,
We at Google and YouTube Japan have been running several crisis response programs for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that hit Northeastern Japan. Today, we are writing you to ask for your help in a new initiative for Japan.
As you may know, the number of tourists to Japan this March declined by 50% compared to last March. What is most surprising is that many tourists also canceled trips to Osaka, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and other areas that were not directly affected by the disaster.
In order to help tourism in Japan recover from the recent troubles, YouTube/Google Japan will launch a new program called "Japan is Genki, Message from Japan Channel (working title)" to bring together message videos from Japan-based video bloggers who are reporting the conditions of the cities/towns in which they live. The videos will be introductions and promotions of local business, sightseeing spots, events, festivals, restaurants, amusement areas, etc.
We at Google and YouTube Japan have been running several crisis response programs for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that hit Northeastern Japan. Today, we are writing you to ask for your help in a new initiative for Japan.
As you may know, the number of tourists to Japan this March declined by 50% compared to last March. What is most surprising is that many tourists also canceled trips to Osaka, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and other areas that were not directly affected by the disaster.
In order to help tourism in Japan recover from the recent troubles, YouTube/Google Japan will launch a new program called "Japan is Genki, Message from Japan Channel (working title)" to bring together message videos from Japan-based video bloggers who are reporting the conditions of the cities/towns in which they live. The videos will be introductions and promotions of local business, sightseeing spots, events, festivals, restaurants, amusement areas, etc.
If you would like to make a video, please speak your native language and add English subtitles (even if you speak English in the videos, English captions will allow users to translate it to other languages).
Please include in the videos:
- Your name, where you are originally from, where you live in Japan now
- Introduction of the city/town you live now (on-site reports are most welcomed, but shooting in your bedroom is okay too)
- Promotions of local business, site seeing spots, events, festivals, restaurants, amusement areas, and etc
- An encouragement for the audience to visit Japan
We will really appreciate if you can upload the video by May 10. We may introduce some of your videos at the press conference on May 11, at which Google Japan will announcement the project as one of our ongoing initiatives. We are aware that some of you have already made
similar videos, so please feel free to send the videos links if we can include these videos in our program.
We have not decided the official name of the campaign, but will inform you once we have decided. Please add the official program name on your video title, description, or tag. There will be no reward or guarantees paid for your contribution, but you are free to monetize the video. We will promote the video and the central channel including your videos on our homepage, blogs, Twitter, and Facebook.
Please reply back to this email with your video URL when you finish shooting the video. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to reply back to this email too.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
YouTube Japan Team"
- Your name, where you are originally from, where you live in Japan now
- Introduction of the city/town you live now (on-site reports are most welcomed, but shooting in your bedroom is okay too)
- Promotions of local business, site seeing spots, events, festivals, restaurants, amusement areas, and etc
- An encouragement for the audience to visit Japan
We will really appreciate if you can upload the video by May 10. We may introduce some of your videos at the press conference on May 11, at which Google Japan will announcement the project as one of our ongoing initiatives. We are aware that some of you have already made
similar videos, so please feel free to send the videos links if we can include these videos in our program.
We have not decided the official name of the campaign, but will inform you once we have decided. Please add the official program name on your video title, description, or tag. There will be no reward or guarantees paid for your contribution, but you are free to monetize the video. We will promote the video and the central channel including your videos on our homepage, blogs, Twitter, and Facebook.
Please reply back to this email with your video URL when you finish shooting the video. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to reply back to this email too.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
YouTube Japan Team"
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And you know me, I can't turn down an opportunity to 1) help people, and 2) pimp myself out to the world!
So, here is my very brief (2') blast, on how wonderful Tokyo is. I hope the world enjoys:
I love you!
