Applying Interpretation Principles to a Non-Western (Japanese) Training Context

Interpretive guides play an indispensable role in achieving tourism and sustainability outcomes. Although interpretation theory and best practice principles are supported by literature, they have been primarily developed in Western countries. Little work has been done to evaluate the cross-cultural applicability of using Western-based interpretation in training non-Western interpretive guides. This study evaluates the use of Western-based interpretive competencies in a Japanese training context. The efficacy of the training was assessed using quantitative and qualitative pre- and post-training data from all 42 trainees. Training programs were successful in improving trainees’ perceptions of the importance of links between individual roles and organisational goals, TORE (thematic / organised / relevant / enjoyable) qualities, story development, and reflection. They also improved trainees’ perceptions of their own capacity related to TORE. However, programs did not impact trainees’ ratings of their capacity to use storytelling or to foster reflection in their interpretive tours. These findings suggest that, when informed by the literature and research, Western-based interpretive competencies can successfully equip Japanese interpretive guides to utilise best practice principles to meet interpretive and organisational goals. Improvements, such as practice and reflective opportunities, are suggested for future training. More knowledge and evidence are needed to build a training framework that can help interpretive guides in other non-Western contexts to make use of best practice interpretation in their work

Promoting Successful Aging through Competitive Sports Participation Insights from Older Adults

In this study we explored the experience of competing in the Senior Games and the resultant contributions to the successful aging of older adults. We used in-depth interviews with older adults who participated in the National Senior Games. Analysis of the data produced five central themes: (a) perseverance, (b) career development and significant effort, (c) personal and social benefits, (d) unique ethos, and (e) identification as a senior athlete. We found that participating in the Senior Games as a form of serious leisure enhanced the well-being of older adults and could be utilized as a means by which to maintain a healthy lifestyle

Creation of Fluid Art “Sound of Ikebana” under Microgravity Using Parabolic Flight

[2022 International Conference for ADADA + CUMULUS] 26 - 27 November 2022, OnlineArt has been at the center of human spiritual life, and therefore, art in the future space age is an exciting subject. The authors, led by an artist, have been creating video artwork "Sound of Ikebana, " made by giving sound vibration to fluid and shooting it with a high-speed camera. To study its shape under zero gravity, we conducted the generation of the artwork under microgravity realized by parabolic flight. As the sound source, we used the birth cries of newborn babies, which also symbolize the future. We confirmed that a new shape that has never existed is created. Furthermore, a three-dimensional artwork was created by shooting the phenomenon from multiple viewpoints

Creation of Fluid Art “Sound of Ikebana” Under Microgravity Using Parabolic Flight

Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 13477)21st IFIP TC 14 International Conference, ICEC 2022, Bremen, Germany, November 1-3, 2022, ProceedingsArt is situated at the center of entertainment; therefore, new art in the future space age is an exciting subject. The authors, led by an artist, have been creating video artwork “Sound of Ikebana, ” made by giving sound vibration to fluid and shooting it with a high-speed camera. To study its shape under weightlessness, we conducted the generation of the artwork under microgravity realized by parabolic flight. We confirmed that new shapes of the Sound of Ikebana were created. Furthermore, a three-dimensional artwork was created by shooting the phenomenon from multiple viewpoints

Improvement of Deep Learning Technology to Create 3D Model of Fluid Art

Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 13477)21st IFIP TC 14 International Conference, ICEC 2022, Bremen, Germany, November 1–3, 2022, ProceedingsArt is an essential part of the entertainment. As 3D entertainment such as 3D games is a trend, it is an exciting topic how to create 3D artworks from 2D artworks. In this work, we investigate the 3D reconstruction problem of the artwork called “Sound of Ikebana, ” which is created by shooting fluid phenomena using a high-speed camera and can create organic, sophisticated, and complex forms. Firstly, we used the Phase Only Correlation method to capture the artwork’s point cloud based on the images captured by multiple high-speed cameras. Then we create a 3D model by a deep learning-based approach from the 2D Sound of Ikebana images. Our result shows that we can apply deep learning techniques to improve the reconstruction of 3D modeling from 2D images with highly complicated forms

3D Modeling and 3D Materialization of Fluid Art That Occurs in Very Short Time

19th IFIP TC 14 International Conference, ICEC 2020, Xi'an, China, November 10–13, 2020.Proceedings of ICEC2020We have been creating artworks called “liquid art” utilizing liquid dynamics phenomena. One of the liquid artworks is “Sound of Ikebana” which is created by giving sound vibration to color paints and shooting the phenomenon by a high-speed camera, which has been evaluated as “the artwork includes Japanese beauty.” To investigate further why it is evaluated in such a way and also to seek the possibility of its application in society, we tried to materialize it into 3D objects. As the phenomenon occurs in a very short time of less than one second, we have developed a specific experimental environment consisting of multiple high-speed cameras surrounding a speaker where the phenomenon occurs. Among various technologies to reconstruct the 3D model from multiple 2D images, we have chosen a method called Phase-Only Correlation and developed a 3D mesh model of a snapshot of “Sound of Ikebana.” Also using a 3D printer we have successfully obtained 3D materialized “Sound of Ikebana.

Art Signboard To Raise People’s Awareness of Disaster Prevention

IDRIM2023 Conference: The 13th International Conference of the International Society for the INTEGRATED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT, 28-30th September 202