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.
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
ファンダム以上、宗教以下？〜韓国『ラブライブ！』イベント取材記〜
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
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
Ban’ei Horse Racing in Tokachi-Obihiro
As part of my Silver Spoon-inspired tour of the Tokachi-Obihiro area of Hokkaido, I took in the unique form of racing called Ban’ei. Huge, muscular h... more
FromMichele M Mason
Here is a picture of me at the Museum of the Meiji Restoration in Kyoto in 2012. I am flanked by two of the key figures of the Bakumatsu Period (1853-6... more
FromPhilip Seaton
2019.3.22
小新井 涼
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Philip Seaton
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