Japanese Popular Culture and Contents Tourism

Contents tourism is tourism induced by the contents (narratives, characters, locations and other creative elements) of films, novels, games, manga, anime, television dramas and other forms of popular culture. Focusing on both fan behaviours and the impacts on tourism destinations, this book provides insights into this rapidly-growing phenomenon in Japan.

Publisher Marketing: Philip Seaton is a Professor in the Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University, where he is the convenor of the Modern Japanese Studies Program. He is the author of Japan's Contested War Memories (Routledge, 2007), Voices from the Shifting Russo-Japanese Border (Routledge, 2015, co-edited with Svetlana Paichadze) and numerous articles on war and memory in Japan. Takayoshi Yamamura is a Professor in the Center for Advanced Tourism Studies, Hokkaido. His website is www. http: //yamamuratakayoshi.com/en/ Together they edit the International Journal of Contents Tourism . Table of Contents : 1. Japanese Popular Culture and Contents Tourism 2. Otaku tourism and the anime pilgrimage phenomenon in Japan 3. Rekijo, pilgrimage and 'pop-spiritualism' pop-culture-induced heritage tourism of/for young women 4. Contents tourism and local community response: Lucky star and collaborative anime-induced tourism in Washimiya 5. Taiga dramas and tourism: historical contents as sustainable tourist resources Publisher Marketing : Contents tourism is tourism induced by the contents (narratives, characters, locations and other creative elements) of films, novels, games, manga, anime, television dramas and other forms of popular culture. Focusing on both fan behaviours and the impacts on tourism destinations, this book provides insights into this rapidly-growing phenomenon in Japan.

Format: Hardcover | Pages: 118 | Publication Date: 2016-09-26