CP+2024
CP+ 2024 will be held at the Pacifico Convention Center in Yokohama, and the City of Yokohama will be collaborating with seminars hosted at the event. The event is scheduled from Thursday, February 22, 2024 through Sunday, February 25, 2024. Yokohama’s official instagram pages will be hosting livestreams from Pacifico, featuring a variety of creators.
Yokohama City’s official Instagram account, @findyouryokohama_japan, is one of the largest Instagram accounts of any local government in Japan with approximately 120,000 followers.
At CP+ 2024, the account’s ambassadors and various creators will talk about the appeal of taking photos and videos in Yokohama, and the secrets to creating video content and sharing it on SNS.
Date and time
February 22, 2024 (Wood)
- Part 1: 12:05～12:45 (40 minutes)
- Part 2: 13:20～14:00 (40 minutes)
Venue
Pacifico
Yokohama 1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama CP+2024 Venue Stage 3
*Simultaneous live streaming on Yokohama City official Instagram “@findyouryokohama_japan”
Program content
Seminar 1: “The appeal of taking photos in Yokohama as told by Yokohama City’s official Instagram ambassador”
The different ambassadors, who are active as photographers, talks about the appeal of taking photos in Yokohama.
Mr. Takashi Yasui
Since the early days of Instagram, he has collaborated with companies in Japan and abroad on SNS, and started working as a freelance photographer in 2015. He captures the subtleties of everyday life and traditional Japanese beauty from a modern perspective that makes use of shadows.
Juri-san
Born and raised in Yokohama. In addition to her day job, she takes pictures of landscapes not only in Yokohama but also all over the country. She has been an ambassador for Yokohama City’s official Instagram for the past three years.
Mr. Koichi
Born in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture. His main works are scenic photographs that include people in landscapes, and art works using Photoshop. He captures everyday life with the concept of “photos that touch the heart.”
Seminar 2:
The seminar is entitled “How to create content that gets people across, asking the Yokohama City Official Instagram.” The following creators are photographers or influencers who are active as content creators. This seminar talks about creating content that gets a message across and disseminating it on SNS.
Mr. Yabatan
Comedian and video creator, he is a popular Norwegian living in Japan.
Funny Japanese videos posted on TikTok and Instagram have become a buzz around the world and are attracting attention. With a total of over 3.5 million followers on social media, she has expanded her activities to include TV. He has a large audience of overseas fans, too.
Caitlin
Originally from America. She is a content creator living in Japan.
Through her more than four years of living in Japan, she has been actively disseminating content on social media, focusing on the charm of traveling to Japan, especially the charm of interacting with local people and the charm of local traditional crafts. Recently, she has also been focusing on disseminating information from the perspective of travelers with small children.
Click here for program details (in Japanese).
How to watch
- At the event:
Registration for CP+2024 venue event is required.
An admission pass must be presented to enter. Entrance to CP+ 2024 is free.
Click here to register.
- Online:
Watch live from Yokohama City’s official Instagram “@findyouryokohama_japan”.
Click here for the “@findyouryokohama_japan” account.
