Database

Vol. 10, No. 1, 2025
   
Preface
Imbalance between surging inbound tourism and rural tourism
Yasuo Ohe

Feature Article
  Hotel sustainability practices: A review of Japan and international studies
Reiko Fujita 
   
  Challenge of “reconstruction and revitalization tourism” in Tohoku region: Practice and future of regional collaborative PBL
Atsutoshi Oshima 

Original Article 
  Modified market basket analysis to identify consumer behavior and promotion programs for supporting shopping tourism
Fajar Stevano Artha and Ririn Diar Astanti
 
  Analysis of basic information and reviews of ski resorts: A comparison between Japanese and foreigners
Xiaohan Fu, Yoshiki Nakamura, and Nozomi Oomiya
 
  The relationship between the amount of product information provided online via suitcase product images, titles, and descriptions: A study consumer perception of product function suitcase shopping
Hiroki Kozu, Ryuta Otsuka, Kodai Funabashi, and Yasuhiro Tsujimura
 
  Audio guide system for small-scale historical buildings
Mingxiu Bian, Hazuki Yamada, and Mana Fukuyasu
 
  An assessment model for online tours from a consumer perspective
Fumihiko Nakano and Masaki Toyama
   
  Requirements for local production and consumption of time-series data in tourist destinations: Insights from weather forecasting as a model of everyday data utilisation
Ryo Hori, Mayu Urata, Mamoru Endo, and Takami Yasuda

Notes 
  How do visually impaired tourists travel?: Exploring challenges and difficulties that visually disabled people face during traveling using qualitative method
Smah Salman Mohammed


Vol. 10, No. 2, 2025
   
Preface
Promoting people-to-people exchanges with China and Japan’s neighboring countries
Takashi Oyabu

Feature Article
  The end of postwar order?: Europe’s struggle with Trumpism and nationalism, and Japan’s strategic choices
Shigekazu Kusune 

Original Article 
  Importance of agriculture in Japan for inbound tourists
Satoshi Morita, Takashi Oyabu, Miyuki Ajiki, Satoshi Futakuchi, and Hidetaka Nambo
   
  Impact of films on filming locations: The case of Japanese romance films
Daichi Aikawa and Nozomi Oomiya 
   
  Evaluating the mental health benefits of farm volunteer tourism: A case study of rice harvesting in Chiba, Japan
Yasuo Ohe, Harumi Ikei, Kumar Bhatta, and Yoshifumi Miyazaki 
   
  Fundamental study on walking environment classification using insole-type gait sensors for smart tourism
Jun Nakagawa, Susumu Sato, and Takashi Kawanami 
   
  AI-based license plate recognition for tourist dynamics analysis and sustainable tourism management in Shirakawa-go
Mingxiu Bian, Yunhao Tu, Mayu Urata, and Mamoru Endo 
   
  From tourist phobia to xenophobia: How tourism discourses shape foreigners’ policy in Japan
Misako Fukushima 

Research Letter 
  Deriving tourism activity ability through participation in virtual sightseeing tours for frail and pre-frail people
Ayako Sawada
   
  Study on the behavior and awareness of international tourists visiting Shirakawa-go: Toward sustainable tourism management
Rika Okagawa, Mayu Urata, and Mamoru Endo 
   
  Potential for regional tourism promotion through integration of nostalgia tourism and metaverse technology: A review of previous research and future prospects
Wei Liu, Kayoko H. Murakami, Atsuko K. Yamazaki, and Muhammad N. A. M. Anuardi 

Notes 
  The structure of memorable experiences in virtual travel: A qualitative analysis integrating presence and technology acceptance model
Tomomi Hanai, Kaoru Yashiro, and Hisako Konno
   
  Enhancing traditional crafts for tourism value: A wellbeing-based approach using Echizen washi
Sakiko Ogoshi, Takeshi Araki, Kai Morita, Seiya Kinosita, Hiroto Ogawa, and Yasuhiro Ogoshi