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 Takayoshi Yamamura (Center for Advanced Tourism Studies, Hokkaido University) and Professor Philip Seaton (Institute of Japan Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies).
IJCT has three main aims:
Read the journal’s constitution.
ミリタリーコンテンツと平和 〜洛東江世界平和文化大祝典参観記〜
まだ休戦中の韓国には、朝鮮戦争中にあった色々な戦闘を記念する行事があります。今回紹介する『洛東江世界... more
FromKyungjae
It is possible to have a great Harry Potter tourism experience in ... Japan. Japan has virtually nothing to do with the novels (although there is a Qui... more
FromPhilip Seaton
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
Taking inspiration from the film Love in Tokyo, 1966- I visited the gigantic Tokyo Tower. I was always interested in visiting this place because of 2 a... more
FromApoorva Nanjangud
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
2025.3.30
KUDO Yuma
2024.3.11
TAN Xiang Ning
2024.3.9
TOYOZAWA Chikako
2016.12.22
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