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.
But are they contents tourists?
This scene really got me thinking about what it means to be a contents tourist. It was taken in Hokkaido Greenland, an amusement park in Iwamizawa, Hok... more
FromPhilip Seaton
While waiting at Paddington Station in London for a train out to the city of Bath in the west of England, I made a quick detour to the monument to Padd... more
FromPhilip Seaton
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
銃撃戦の中、駅の階段を落ちていく乳母車。米映画『アンタッチャブル』（The Untouchables/1987）で、強烈な印象を... more
FromTakayoshi Yamamura
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
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