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Exploring the astro-tourism space : A review of the English literature to build a research framework in Japan
Get PDFIn recent years, astro-tourism has started to attract an increasing number of tourists, both internationally and domestically in Japan. Astro-tourism is defined as an activity where people travel from their place of residence with a purpose to watch beautiful starry sky and celestial bodies. Despite its growing popularity in Japan, however, academic studies on astro-tourism are limited. The purpose of this paper is therefore to conduct a review of the English language research on astro-tourism and build a framework for future research for this field of research in Japan. As a result of the analysis, four key areas of research were identified: (i) astro-tourism research has been indirectly mentioned by astronomers since the 2000s; (ii) case studies of astro-tourism research tend to be studies in sites where there are international observatories or are certificated by the International Dark-sky Association (IDA); (iii) astro-tourism research has been gradually increasing in the international tourism literature since 2010; and (iv) the subject of astro-tourism research occupies dark place. Based on this review, we argue it is necessary to begin astro-tourism research from the perspective of tourism studies in Japan
The Evolution of Travel Sugoroku and Tourism : From Tokaido-Sugoroku to Virtual Travel Sugoroku
Get PDFIn the Japanese board game “sugoroku”, players navigate a game piece from the start to the finish by rolling dice. Travel sugoroku, which has developed since the Edo period, has created a tourist gaze as a source of content for game tourism. A typical example of travel sugoroku is Tokaido-sugoroku, which was made in the Edo period. Travel sugoroku has continued to develop under the influence of the times. In this research, the authors analyzed the characteristics of travel sugoroku based on its evolution. It was found that travel sugoroku in Japan is characterized by a rich amount of information about tourist spots. Moreover, we proposed virtual sugoroku as a virtual tourism tool using HMD
Prologue to the Slogan “Peace through Tourism” : How Dark Tourism Can Help Its Progress
No full textThis paper addresses the question of what the slogan “peace through tourism” can mean in the context of “dark tourism.” In particular, it discusses in depth the relationship between the two amidst dark tourism’s growing commercialization and popularity. Validating the above slogan (“peace through tourism”) is currently a pressing issue and incidentally, tourism to the sites of the Rwandan genocide is said to be valid in both its intent and outcome
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No full textイオンセンサーの感応部位として使用したオルガノゲルの構造を明らかにし、センサーの応答性の原因を調べることを目的として、アミド部位を２つ備えたゲル化剤を用いたオルガノゲルおよびアルカリ金属塩を添加したゲルのＸ線散乱を測定した。その結果、イオンセンサーで感度よく応答するカリウムイオン存在下ではゲルの構造がほとんど変化せず、応答が観察されないリチウムイオン存在下ではゲルの構造を保持できていないことがわかった
