Influence of cultural background on tourist flow process and outcomes: an empirical study with Chinese-speaking tourists in Japan

This article was accepted for publication on 29-Aug-2022.Purpose: This paper aims to fill a research gap on whether cultural background (Eastern or Western) influences tourist flow experiences and outcomes with Chinese-speaking tourists. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted flow-aware, guided cultural tours in Kyoto, Japan, from March 2019 to February 2020. Tourists visited the same spots on the same route with the same guide to avoid discrepancies stemming from experiencing different tours with different guides. Professional photoshoots were conducted to study the flow experience under high challenges. Participants were Chinese-speaking tourists worldwide. The guide spoke in Chinese to minimise language bias. Participants were asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire within one week of the tours. Findings: The authors received 191 valid responses. Those from the Eastern regions showed significantly lower flow states and outcomes than their counterparts from the Western regions under high challenges, whereas this phenomenon was not observed under low challenges. A positive correlation between the flow state and outcomes was observed in both regional groups. Originality/value: To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to apply flow theory to guided cultural tours with Chinese-speaking tourists from different cultural backgrounds. It was found that those from the Eastern regions can have flow experience and good outcomes in guided tours, although they may require a lower level of challenge. A managerial implication is that cultural tours should be designed considering the balance between challenges and tourists’ cultural background to optimise their flow experiences and outcomes

Discovery of beauty hidden in nature using technology

2020年6月25日15:20-16:00. 【招待講演】23番目にて講演.Since very ancient time beauty has been at the basis of human evolution. Artists used to find out beauty in nature and expressed it in their artworks. Still there are various beauties invisible to us in nature. In this paper we will explain our experimental methodology, called “art and technology, ” to extract such beauty using cutting-edge technologies. Also, art innovation will be explained, which is the methodology to apply the extracted beauty to various aspect of our society

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

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

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

Sound of Ikebana: Fluid Artwork Created under Zero-G Using Parabolic Flight

The authors, led by artist Naoko Tosa, discuss their collaboration on the video artwork Sound of Ikebana, made by applying sound vibration to fluid and shooting it with a high-speed camera. To study the fluid’s shape under zero gravity the authors experimented with generating the artwork under weightlessness achieved through parabolic flight. The authors confirmed that a new shape significantly different from the one created under normal gravity is created. A three-dimensional artwork was also generated by shooting the phenomenon from multiple viewpoints

Construction of Immersive Art Space Using Mirror Display and Its Preliminary Evaluation

[The 30th International Display Workshops(IDW’23)]Organizing: The Society for Information Display(SID), Date; 06-08 December 2023, Location: TOKI MESSE Niigata Convention Center[第30回ディスプレイ国際ワークショップ(IDW’23)]主催: 映像情報メディア学会(ITE), 開催日: 2023年12月06日-08日, 会場: 朱鷺メッセ 新潟コンベンションセンターWe have constructed an immersive space, that gives people a sense of being in a vast, immersive space, by using mirror displays with the functions of both a mirror and a display. In addition, we selected an artwork created by one of the authors and conducted a psychological experiment to evaluate the results of displaying the artwork in the space

A Story of "August Iris Flower Listening to the Song of Flame"

特集 --「美しい炎」を語るFEATURE --A Story of the "Beautiful Flame"A story of making "August iris flower listening to the song of flame" were described. The photo is composed by two main components of a laminar diffusion flame array formed on a Rubens tube and dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) on iris flower. The different frequency of sinuous wave was applied to the speaker attached at the end of tube for controlling heights of the laminar diffusion flame array and the waveform appeared on the Rubens tube. The frequencies of sound wave varied from 400 Hz to 900 Hz. DBD on iris flower was achieved to express a situation that the flower is listening the songs of flames. Electrodes for the DBD were the iris flower itself and acrylic water tank. The frequency of DBD was set to 7 kHz and its applied voltage was set to 35 kV peak to peak. In the final product of the submission, the flame array was flipped vertically and arranged at the bottom. On the back of the flame array iris flower with DBD were placed to express the pose of listening to the sound of flame

New Approach of Cultural Aesthetic Using Sound and Image

2015 International Conference on Culture and Computing, 17-19 October 2015, Kyoto, JapanWith the help of science and technology, many interesting works of art can be created, including transforming sound into images. If we combine these images with cultural elements, new approaches to preserve existing cultures can be developed. We put some viscous liquid on rubber film which covers a speaker and played various sound. We then see marvelous shapes simulating the sounds that usually cannot be seen with the help of a high speed camera. I studied how the frequency of sound and liquid materials (water, pigment, foam, jelly) influence these shapes. High liquid viscosity reduces the liquid's jump height and maintains a consistent shape, low liquid viscosity enables higher jumps and transformations into small spherical drops. At the frequency of 32hz, liquid jumps are expected to reach the greatest heights. Sine wave sounds can propel liquid further than zigzag waves. I also made some interesting discoveries. If we use this approach to reveal ancient culture, it would be an innovative approach to revive the sounds and images of disappearing ancient cultures

Genesis: New Media Art Created as a Visualization of Fluid Dynamics

16th IFIP TC 14 International Conference, Tsukuba City, Japan, September 18-21, 2017We have been working on the creation of media art utilizing technologies. As an extension of our previous research, this time we have focused on the visualization of behaviors of fluid. This area has been named as “fluid mechanics” or “fluid dynamics” and there have been various researches in this area. As some of the fluid motion look beautiful, there is another research area called “visualization of fluid motion.”However most of these results show only stable fluid behaviors and lacks of unstable or in other words unpredictable behaviors that would be substantial for the creation of art. Therefore, to create various unstable or unpredictable fluid behaviors in trials to create artworks, we have introduced several new methods such as usage of dry ice, injection of paints into fluid, and usage of air gun to create an explosive effect. This paper proposes the basic concept of new video art called “Genesis” based on the visualization of fluid dynamics, describes details of the above mentioned three ideas that were introduced to create unpredictable fluid dynamics based phenomena, and then describes details of new media art we have created combining these ideas