Prof. Endo: Compared to conventional classes, I spent three to five times longer preparing for online classes. For large-scale lectures, I created a handout by typing out the content of the lecture I used to teach face-to-face. However, it is difficult to maintain student motivation with only a typed handout, so I added anecdotes, jokes, and links to video content distributed by public organizations as required.
　Because the students live busier lives than before due to having to submit the assignments they receive from all their of on time, it is important to put a twist on your teaching to keep them interested in studying.

Prof. Endo: Usually students are supposed to naturally gain an understanding of the rules of the college, the structure of classes, and so on by talking with older students and their friends, but they have fewer opportunities for such conversation and fewer opportunities for learning the rules.
　I’ve heard that some students didn’t know that the review sheet that they fill in at the end of each lesson is part of their grade, so I try to give in-depth explanations even about basic information, such as points to remember for attending classes, the structure of classes, etc.

Prof. Endo: They are positively motivated in my class despite the difficult situation caused by this sudden change.
　To compensate for the reduced opportunity I have to see the students’ faces, I try to pay meticulous attention to them ⎯ I check the internet connection of each student or, when there is an absent student in my seminar class, I contact her/him by LINE, etc. In the large-scale classes, too, I try to convey the message of “I am with you” during the lecture.

Prof. Endo: For example, I know one sightseeing place that offers virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) services to tourists so that they can virtually experience the old capital that once existed there. In this case, the content derives from the attractiveness of the local area by effectively combining reality and virtual reality.
　I think you can do something interesting if you can create this kind of framework for entertaining tourists through content creation. It is difficult to completely shift from the real to the virtual, but I expect that the possibilities of tourism will be enhanced through a combination of a real tourism and media content.

Prof. Endo: Tourists will be required to think about how they can offer hospitality while enjoying the trip as persons on the receiving hospitality. Examples of offering hospitality include respecting the local culture, choosing an environmentally-friendly mode of locomotion, and so on.
　In my field, we call this kind of behavior “giving the gift of hospitality”, which is utterly different from only receiving services as a customer. It will be more important to travel while keeping good balance between your own pleasure and the environment/culture of the destination you chose.
　This attitude is defined as “mobility justice,” and it is something that is expected to be demonstrated increasingly going forward. We are now expected to build a sustainable relationship with every sightseeing places we visit by enjoying our trip there while time showing respect for the way of living, nature, and culture of the place at the same time.

Prof. Endo: We have to figure out how or in what manner the movement of people should be eased. The social design for avoiding the Three Cs will be of great consequence ⎯ this corresponds to the tourism architecture.
　For example, when train seats have indents, people naturally sit where there are indents. We can leverage this kind of design feature to create spaces where people naturally keep the necessary physical distance. This kind of social design for the post-corona world will be in demand.

Prof. Endo: The key phrase I propose is “be a dreaming realist.” There are two types of realists: one is “status quo type” who only accepts the current situation, and the other is “exploit-the-real-world type” who can open up new possibilities beyond reality.
　I hope my students will be the latter realist who neither just dreams nor goes along with the status quo, but understands the real situation and thinks about the future that lies beyond.
　The “exploit-the-real-world type” should be able to grasp the possibilities that certainly exist in the real world even though they are invisible to others, like a new flower bud, even if it means being laughed at as a “dreamer”. If you can make your way by strongly believing in possibility, the post-corona world will appear as a new world rich with possibilities.

Prof. Endo: Yes. Understand the real situation first, then construct a question, and never let it go.
　I always tell my students to be conscious of “questions specific to your peculiarities”. Never mind if the question is ridiculed. Only the person who doesn’t let their question go even if it is laughed at can open the door to the future, insofar as they understand the significance of that question.
　I decided to study tourism in the field of sociology when I was young, and some people laughed at me by saying, “It must be easy to take research trips to sightseeing places”. But I didn’t care about the criticism. No matter what you do, if you stick with it, it will take shape.

Prof. Endo: Questions are there in your ordinary life. There might be profound questions in places you tend to overlook.
　Do you know the movie called “Liar Liar”? It’s a comedy about a deceitful lawyer who one day becomes unable to tell any lies, and his social life starts to fall apart.
　After watching the movie, I thought about where the border is between what is a lie and what is not. This is also a question. Just by watching a movie a bit more carefully you can encounter a while range of questions.
　I suppose that, if you reconsider this coronavirus pandemic, you might be able come up with various questions about our current society.