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.
ヤマなし、オチなし、イミなし、何があるの？ 〜YaoiCon取材記〜
やおいとは、主に男性同士の同性愛を題材にした女性向けのマンガ、アニメ、小説のことを言います。二次創作... more
FromKyungjae (Text), Takayoshi (Photo)
I would not have thought that the same city I spent my Doctorate education would also be a site for Mamoru Hosoda’s 2012 anime Wolf’s Children. Hak... more
FromKarl Ian Cheng Chua
The seventh and final Harry Potter postcard ... and it has to be Platform 9 3/4. This is arguably the most important "sacred site" related to Harry Pot... more
FromPhilip Seaton
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
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