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NEWS: Japanese Government Sponsors Anime Tours

Where do I sign up?

Kidder wrote:

Where do I sign up?

Yeah, seriously. I was planning on traveling to Japan for a month in the summer of 2008, which is my first summer of college, right after my freshman year. These tours could really turn out well for me. I just wish that news article was in English. ~_~

Silly Japanese government... trying to get more foreigners to visit Japan, but all the info is in Japanese...

Well, thank God there is such a thing as a text translator.

Diplomatic relations ministry: Easily to cause in the country of animation model area such as Kyoto, also place of interest being related to tour

Please to the sanctuary & Japan of ANIME? ? . The national traffic ministry which has an eye on the Japanese animation whose popularity is high worldwide embarked on the sightseer attraction from the foreign country with Kyoto city where international cartoon summit is opened in 08 and Tokyo where the store of the animation goods lines up & Akihabara etc. where as a model area. It tackles the route making and the like of the tour which connects "the place of interest" of animation. The diplomatic relations economical sight-seeing resource section says "the pupils who visit Japan in study travelling that we would like to try can study animation culture with ease". < Victory field Shunichi 郎 >

The diplomatic relations ministry and the like spending, this year and approximately 6600 ten thousand Yen executing "the regional activation investigation the international sight-seeing interchange and the like which utilizes the Japanese animation with enlargement". As a model area, 2 places of a certain Tokyo of Kyoto city and Akihabara were chosen.

Furthermore, (1) Hyogo prefecture Takarazuka city which has the "Tezuka Osamu insect commemoration mansion" (2) Onitarou of ゲゲゲ "" "Mizuki it did and Tottori prefecture Sakaiminato city which is the げ る commemoration mansion" (3) it was associated with, name detective コナン "the same prefectural north Sakae town which has" "according to of the コ nun" (4) Okayama prefecture Kurashiki city where the candy & the candy "" "it is and it seems the ゆ sees and densely has the fine arts museum"? ? Decision to the model area which aims toward wide area cooperation. At these three areas and the area, commission of the diplomatic relations ministry collects the result to end of this year.

In addition, the diplomatic relations ministry cooperates Kyoto Seika large (Kyoto city which installs the Japanese first cartoon department) and the like with. It directs to the actualization of the extension course where it can participate the animation fan of the foreigner, it examines the topic which was called necessity of interpretation and method of information dispatching to the foreign country.

International cartoon summit in Kyoto city (international cartoonist conference) opening to 08. City does international cultural exchange via cartoon.

2006 July 21st

Damn! I'm going to have to mention this to my wife. She doesn't like anime, but loves Japanese culture--we could get the best of both worlds. We were thinking of going in 2007, but it may be worth waiting until 2008. I know that would give me time to learn enough Japanese to horrify any native speakers as I chew incoherently through the words.

I'm pretty "otaku-ed," but I'd like to travel around a bit like The Ramblin' Wreck and see some architecture (its what I do), visit the country, and maybe a quick K-1 match for fun.

- the Tokyo Tower (still standing....)

I fear for the otaku that simply wants to go for "OMG! a High School!" as opposed to a beautiful shrine in a park off of a quiet street.

The Ramblin' Wreck wrote:

I fear for the otaku that simply wants to go for "OMG! a High School!" as opposed to a beautiful shrine in a park off of a quiet street.

Different strokes for different folks.

Should we wave the mighty hammer of moral judgement over tourists who would rather see Akihabara than Asakusa? The French get snobbish that people are coming because of the Da Vinci Code and not because of their "art or gardens" ( http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/01/earlyshow/living/travel/main652625.shtml )

I'm curious, though, about your thoughts on the following: if someone is excited to see something and it means a lot to them, what does it make a difference whether it's just a high school or it's a pretty little neighborhood shrine? The former gets a lot more use and attention paid to it by the people who live there than the latter. The shrines near me are seemingly ignored apart from festival time.