April-June Inquiries
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MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.04.22 Category Consumer/other Organization Address City Postal Code Name Mr. Imai Title E-mail [email protected] Tel Fax Inquiry Web inquiry. Planning to visit Memphis, Clarksdale and Greenwood. Would like to know the local security situation, and tour operator or taxi operator who can provide him with a car. Follow up Introduced Sekisui Travel for detailed information. State Mississippi, Tennessee Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.04.22 Category Consumer/other Organization Address City Postal Code Name Mr. Nakazawa Title E-mail [email protected] Tel Fax Inquiry Web inquiry. Introduced by Mr. Hashimoto of Commonwealth of Kentucky Far East Representative Office. Needs data regarding Mississippi River such as contents of cargo of shipping on Mississippi River, annual transportation volume, destinations of the cargoes, transportation routes, etc. Follow up Apologized for not providing him with the data requested which is not related to tourism. Introduced the website (http://www.nps. gov/miss/riverfacts.htm) that may be of help to him. State All Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.05.15 Category Consumer/other Organization Address 4-11-4, Himonya, Meguro-ku City Tokyo Postal Code 152-0003 Name Mr. Junichi Kimura Title E-mail [email protected] Tel 81-3-3794-0718 Fax Inquiry Web inquiry. Requests a Chicago brochure. Follow up Provided as requested. State Illinois Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.05.22 Category Consumer/other Organization Address City Postal Code Name Mr. Yoshio Toyama Title E-mail [email protected] Tel Fax Inquiry Web inquiry. He is the leader of a Japanese Dixieland Jazz band and has been doing charity work for New Orleans musicians for many years. Since the Japanese tsunami, he has worked with a student Jazz group called the Swing Dolphins and received donations from Tipitina’s in New Orleans. The group will be visiting New Orleans in August and New Orleans would like to welcome them. Asked him to provide their hotel address. Follow up He agreed to provide details once the itinerary was confirmed. State Louisiana Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.05.24 Category Consumer/other Organization Address 4-17, Moto-machi, Gifu City Gifu Postal Code 500-8185 Name Ms. Akemi Hori Title E-mail [email protected] Tel 81-90-1475-9498 Fax Inquiry Web inquiry. Requested 2 copies of Chicago brochures. Follow up Provided as requested. State Illinois Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.05.29 Category Consumer/other Organization Address City Postal Code Name Mr. Makoto Kyoden Title E-mail [email protected] Tel Fax Inquiry A man planning to visit Chicago this summer for the first time. Wants to know where to go and what to do to know the city of Chicago in the limited schedule of 3 days. Follow up Referred him to the Choosechicago.com website, and let him know the locations of Chicago visitors centers. State Illinois Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.05.30 Category Consumer/other Organization Address 8255 Crimson Creek Drive City Cordova, TN Postal Code 38016 Name Ms. Yoko N. Logan Title E-mail [email protected] Tel Fax 901-826-4084 Inquiry Meeting. Introduced by Jimmy Ishii. She has lived in Memphis for many years and is a huge Elvis fan. Sometimes she does guiding for Sekisui but she would also like to start working for individuals. She is also interested in setting up a blog for Japanese visitors to learn more about Memphis. Follow up Agreed to introduce her to Jonathan and Naco for further follow up. State Tennessee Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.06.04 Category Consumer/other Organization Address City Postal Code Name Mr. Yanagimoto Title E-mail Tel 81-43-375-3898 Fax Inquiry Telephone inquiry. This gentleman is organizing his personal belongings, and has 5 ~ 40 block prints of “Natchez” steamboat. He wants us to introduce restaurants, bars, etc. to whom he can donate the block prints for beneficial use. Follow up Asked if we keep the block prints in our storage so that we are able to display them at the event booth of MRC, or provide them upon request from anyone, etc. State Louisiana Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.06.12 Category Consumer/other Organization Address City Postal Code Name Ms. Takako Nakano Title E-mail [email protected] Tel Fax Inquiry Telephone inquiry. She plans to visit Minnesota to attend her friend's wedding, and wants to join a tour going around places associated with Little House on the Prairie, especially Pepin in Wisconsin and Walnut Grove in Minnesota. Needs suggestions for operators doing such tours. It does not have to be Japanese operator. Follow up Advised to contact Chieko Katagiri Karlsen of Kiku Enterprises, Inc. State Minnesota, Wisconsin Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.06.20 Category Consumer/other Organization Address Corp. Tanakajima I-201, 1407, Ochikawa, Hino City, City Tokyo Postal Code 191-0034 Name Mr. Kenkichi Kayamori Title E-mail [email protected] Tel 81-90-4947-1630 Fax Inquiry Web inquiry. He is interested in national parks, antiques, cowboys, native American and fishing, and makes a motor trip in the US every year. Planing to travel to Kentucky in mid-September, and also planning to go around Bourbon breweries. Needs brochures and other information. Follow up Provided Kentucky brochure and MRC brochure. Introduced URL of Kentucky newsletter back numbers. Let him know the contact at Sekisui Travel for local tours. State Kentucky Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.04.18 Category Consumer/other Organization Buffalo Records Address 4-15-201 Onari-machi City Kamakura, Kanagawa Postal Code 248-0012 Name Doug Allsopp Title President E-mail [email protected] Tel 0467-61-1398 Fax 0467-61-1397 Inquiry Independent music label. Importer of current music from Louisiana and Mississippi. They are arranging a tour for Jon Cleary, musician from Louisiana, to Japan and wonder if we want tickets. Follow up Considered offering tickets to media but it ended up being the same time as the Kanku Tabihaku fair so we could not attend. State Louisiana Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.06.20 Category Consumer/other Organization Crest Address 7-14, Susa-cho, Sasebo City City Nagasaki Postal Code 857-0812 Name Mr. Yuichi Nakayama Title E-mail [email protected] Tel 81-956-37-2510 Fax 81-95637-2520 Inquiry Telephone inquiry. Requested 100 copies of brochures so they can distribute them to individuals at “2013 American Town Festival” hosted by Sasebo Yokkacho Shotengai Kd.K. from June 30 to August 4. The festival is to make the town of Sasebo, where the U. S. naval base is located, more lively and to introduce 50 US states to the visitors. Follow up Will provide as requested. State All Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.04.26 Category Consumer/other Organization Embassy of the United States of America Address Agricultural Trade Office 1-10-5 Akasaka Minato-ku City Tokyo Postal Code 107-8420 Name Mr Sumio Aoki Title Senior Marketing Specialist E-mail [email protected] Tel 03-3224-5115 Fax 03-3582-6429 Inquiry Telephone inquiry. Ryori Tsushin, a glossy food & entertainment magazine is looking for destinations in the US for their annual 60- page feature on the U.S. culinary scene. The planning team is visiting Mr.Aoki, so he requested information on the food/culinary scene in Chicago and Illinois. Follow up Provided the information as requested and Marjorie attended the meeting. They were very interested in Chicago, but seem to be leaning toward focusing on the West Coast for this year. We will continue to follow up with them. State Illinois Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.05.07 Category Consumer/other Organization Masuki Address City Postal Code Name Mr. Ishii Title E-mail Tel Fax 81-80-3274-1151 Inquiry Telephone inquiry. Requested brochure. Follow up Provided as requested. State All Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.04.04 Category Consumer/other Organization Scotch Whisky Research Centre Address Residence Nishiazabu 101 4-8-31, Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku City Tokyo Postal Code 106-0031 Name Ms. Keiko Nakai Title E-mail [email protected] Tel 81-3-5774-4142 Fax 81-3-5774-4143 Inquiry Meeting regarding their upcoming event “Bourbon & American Whisky Festival 2013” in Tokyo on July 21. Publish Whisky World magazine and editor recently visited Kentucky and Tennessee for large feature. Requested we allow them to use our name as an endorser of the event and provide introductions to food suppliers and musicians who may be interested in exhibiting/performing. They would also like brochures and displays for the event. Follow up Agreed to provide as requested. Will follow up with Kentucky regarding displays. State Kentucky, Tennessee Period 4-6/2013 MRC Japan Inquiries April-June 2013 Date 2013.04.07 Category Consumer/other Organization Scotch Whisky Research Centre Address Residence Nishiazabu 101 4-8-31, Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku City Tokyo Postal Code 106-0031 Name Ms. Keiko Nakai Title E-mail [email protected] Tel 81-3-5774-4142 Fax 81-3-5774-4143 Inquiry Follow up to meeting on April 4 regarding what we can do to help them for their upcoming event “Bourbon & American Whisky Festival 2013” in Tokyo on July 21.