The International Journal of Contents Tourism is an
open-access Scholarly journal exploring the phenomenon of "contents tourism".
The International Journal of Contents Tourism is an open-access scholarly journal exploring the phenomenon of ‘contents tourism’. Contents tourism is travel behaviour motivated fully or partially by narratives, characters, locations and other creative elements of popular culture forms, including film, television dramas, manga, anime, novels and computer games. The concept originated in Japan and is closely related to what is known as film-induced tourism or media-induced tourism in English.
IJCT publishes articles of various lengths, from original research papers through to short blog entries. It is based at Hokkaido University and the editors-in-chief are Professor Philip Seaton (International Student Center) and Professor Takayoshi Yamamura (Center for Advanced Tourism Studies).
IJCT has three main aims:
Read the journal’s constitution.
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現在アジアで爆発的人気を得ている『ラブライブ！』。ファンが多いのはもちろん、少々過激なファンダムとし... more
FromKyungjae Jang
While doing war memory related fieldwork in Osaka in May this year, I had a chance to visit the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum in the nearby city of Takaraz... more
FromAleksandra Jaworowicz-Zimny
The ‘Mighty Mo’, the USS Missouri, has a special place in history as the location where Japan’s surrender ending World War Two was signed. But it... more
FromChristopher P. Hood
While attending an academic conference in Hong Kong we heard much about the way that the smart phone has revolutionized the way we enjoy and share our ... more
FromPhilip Seaton
One of my favourite stops on the Harry Potter walking tour of London was the street that is believed to have been the model for Diagon Alley. Cecil Cou... more
FromPhilip Seaton
2019.3.22
小新井 涼
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Philip Seaton
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