{"id":611859,"date":"2025-05-21T02:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T02:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/611859\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T02:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T02:56:14","slug":"join-me-in-shitara-a-message-from-asian-champion-itsuki-ito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/611859\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Me in Shitara \u2013 A Message from Asian Champion Itsuki Ito"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Join Me in Shitara \u2013 A Message from Asian Champion Itsuki Ito\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/87c7hfzbIKo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nJoin Me in Shitara \u2013 A Message from Asian Champion Itsuki Ito<br \/>\n<br \/>\n[Music] Reentering gives my life meaning and purpose. I&#8217;m a little orient but on the world stage I&#8217;m still challenger. I am to make a history and prove the way for future generations. For me, volunteering is a venture navigating an unknown field with just a map and compass and finding your way. When I reach my destination, I feel an incredible sense of accomplishment. I live in Shara, a small town in Arch. It&#8217;s a great place to relax and enjoy nature. I train here every day. [Music] I am it&#8217;s we can&#8217;t wait for you or NTF coming to start. [Music]<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRunning through the forests of Shitara \u2013 A glimpse of the 2025 orienteering host town \ud83c\udfd4\ufe0f<br \/>\nIn August 2025, Shitara Town (Aichi Prefecture) will host two major events:<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49the Asian Junior Orienteering Championships https:\/\/www.asjyoc2025.jp\/<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49the 20th Anniversary of the Merger of Shitara Town Orienteering Competition https:\/\/www.asjyoc2025.jp\/spectator-races\/<\/p>\n<p>This video features Itsuki Ito, the reigning Asian Champion who currently lives in Shitara, running through the forests\u2014offering a quiet glimpse into the atmosphere of the host town.<\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by mountains and quiet beauty, Shitara is a peaceful rural town known for its deep connection with nature.<br \/>\nAlthough it takes some time to reach, we are steadily preparing to welcome everyone from young orienteers to experienced athletes from all across Asia and beyond.<br \/>\nWe look forward to welcoming you to Shitara in August 2025.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\n\ud83c\udf3eShitara<br \/>\nShitara is also known for delicious food nurtured by its natural environment\u2014from fresh vegetables and premium Dando beef, to local Kinu-hime salmon and fine Japanese sake.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a place where you can enjoy not only the forest, but also delicious local food.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.kankoshitara.jp\/<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude8dAccess<br \/>\n If you are participating in the 20th Anniversary Orienteering Competition, we recommend booking a seat on the official event bus departing from Nagoya Station.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\n**Note** the locations shown in this video are not the actual competition areas, but they reflect the landscape and feel of Shitara.<\/p>\n<p>Music<br \/>\n\u30d5\u30ea\u30fcBGM MOMIZizm MUSiC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Me in Shitara \u2013 A Message from Asian Champion Itsuki Ito [Music] Reentering gives my life meaning and pur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144726],"tags":[22064,112570,32,356859,356857,356858,4626,144927,10834,144925,144926,18644,149540],"class_list":{"0":"post-611859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aichi","8":"tag-aichi","9":"tag-iof","10":"tag-japan","11":"tag-joa","12":"tag-orienteering","13":"tag-shitara","14":"tag-4626","15":"tag-144927","16":"tag-10834","17":"tag-144925","18":"tag-144926","19":"tag-18644","20":"tag-149540"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}