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.
Typhoon came to Japan. It was raining cats and dogs outside. However, I headed for Licca-chan's small castle again. In this time, I could transfer easi... more
FromSU EUN KIM
Seiseki Sakuragaoka is a remarkable, brilliant site for fans of ‘Mimi wo Sumaseba’, Whisper of the Heart (1995). It is not the ‘official location... more
FromTakayoshi Yamamura
This year is Star Wars year. The build up to the release of Episode 7 is massive. I have long been a fan, and living in Japan I always enjoy learning m... more
FromPhilip Seaton
2019.3.22
小新井 涼
2019.3.19
Philip Seaton
2019.3.19
Philip Seaton
2016.12.22
2016.6.13
2016.4.8