ShigaShiga 　　 UniversityUniversity 　　 SIFESIFE 　　 ProjectProject 　　TeamTeam

ShigaShiga 　　 UniversityUniversity 　　 SIFESIFE 　　 ProjectProject 　　TeamTeam

Team Members

Hikone City,Shiga Prefecture

Hikone City,Shiga Prefecture

Faculty Advisors

Sponsor

Expenses

Income

Software Development \1,500,000

Ｔｅｌｅｃｏｍ　 Costs 　　 　 \118,000

Experimental demonstration \197,000Concert 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 \800,000

Personal 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 \100,000

Equipment 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 \638,800Miscellaneous 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 \656,200

TOTAL 　　　　　　　　￥ 4,010,000

University \1,210,000

Ministry of Land & Infrastructure \1,900,000

NTT DoCoMo \800,000 Alumni Association \100,000

TOTAL 　　　　　　　　￥ 4,010,000

Yasuhiro Tsuchida 　　 Yuka 　 Yokoi

Kayo Otani 　　　 Saya Hayashi

Asami 　 Magari 　　　 Mika 　 Yamashita

Naomi 　 Goto 　　　 Yuki 　 Mizuno

Tomohiko Fujinami Shunsuke Takahashi

HIKONE

○ T ｏｔａｌ　ｈｏｕｒｓ spent 2651

○ People directly involved 1262○ Businesses directly consulted 5○ Media 　 coverage 8

Hikone at a Glance Location: Northeast Shiga Area: 9,815 km2

Population: 110,8 ６０

You can actually use the QR code!Please have a try ！

In　the　future

An upgraded system be released in 2008Solar Powered: doesn’t need AC 　 Adaptor

Portable ： can be placed anywhere

Multi-Lingual: i ｎｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎ displayed in multiple languages (English 、 Chinese and Japanese)

Cost Performance: reduces cost of current terminal by 80%

System Performance: more information can be transmitted faster

http://ub.shiga-u.jp/hikone/

Project Overview

Visitor Profile

About 400,000 people come to HIkone every year. This chart shows from which areas visitors came last year. Almost all visitors came from prefectures near Shiga. Shiga

22%

HikoneChubu 30%

Kansai 35%

Other Areas 13%

Annual Report 2007 Annual Report 2007

Shinichi TaniguchiProfessor, Faculty of Economics

Jun TakenagaAssociate Professor, Faculty of Economics

Akiko Manabe Professor, Faculty of Economics

Ian Shortreed Lecturer,Faculty of Economics　

Kouyou ShishiyamaMayor of Hikone City

Kazuma YamasakiChairperson of Hikone Scenic Forum

Yasuo IchienChairperson of Hikone “Ubiquitous” Industrial Commitee

Kazumasa Iwane　NTT Docomo Kansai Shiga Branch Chief

Business Advisory Bord

Mary O’SullivanForeign Teacher,Faculty of Economics

In the future, we wish to expand our user testing with volunteer guides and by making the system available along bus routes in the Hikone area. We also plan to add a user response form on the map in order to receive feedback on how to improve the guide itself.Finally, although we are still in the early stages of development, we foresee the possibility of expanding the system to other cities in Japan at a low cost and with little additional risk.

Solar Panel

Transmitter

Kaoru Horikawa 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

PresidentPresidentCharmant Inc.Charmant Inc.Head of AlumniHead of AlumniAssociationAssociation

Shinichi TaniguchiProfessor, Faculty of Economics

Jun TakenagaAssociate Professor, Faculty of Economics

Akiko Manabe Professor, Faculty of Economics

Shinichi TaniguchiProfessor, Faculty of Economics

Jun TakenagaAssociate Professor, Faculty of Economics

Ian Shortreed Lecturer,Faculty of Economics　

Akiko Manabe Professor, Faculty of Economics

Shinichi TaniguchiProfessor, Faculty of Economics

Jun TakenagaAssociate Professor, Faculty of Economics

Mary O’SullivanForeign Teacher,Faculty of Economics

Ian Shortreed Lecturer,Faculty of Economics　

Akiko Manabe Professor, Faculty of Economics

Shinichi TaniguchiProfessor, Faculty of Economics

Jun TakenagaAssociate Professor, Faculty of Economics

Project Contents and Results

CriteriaCriteria

　　 Experimental Demonstration

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Touch and

Acquire

NewspapersCirculation 　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Asahi 1,434,288Mainichi 67,729Kyoto 429,998Chunichi 3,271,895AiaiAI　Shiga 120,000

The mass media was also very interested in our activities. We received interviews

from newspapers and radio and TV stations

Town 　 Navi　for　HIKONE　CityInformation about 134 shops

　　　 You can also search the content by genre

eating lodging

sightseeing spots transportation

shopping parking lots

Opera concert at the university auditorium

Guided elementary school students

University 　 of Michigan students

Using QR Codes

1. Get a special map2. Scan the QR code3. Scan the information

Media　Coverage

Take advantage of Hikone’s historical heritage to promote tourism 1Trilingual contents + MTI system to promote tourism 2MTI system (developing a new type of mobile technology) 3Co-operation with shop owners and sponsors 4To protect historical heritage 5

Criteria

Publicity

Q1 What did Hikone Castle Museum used to be?Q2 Where do you think Tenbin-yagura was moved from?Q3 Why does Jiho-sho’s bell sound so beautiful?Q4 Where do you think the tower of Hikone Castle was moved from?

Project Contents and ResultsOur aim is to preserve the cultural and historical heritage of smaller Japanese cities by revitalizing these cities through tourism. Compared to big cities where many people visit, smaller cities do not promote their own cultural or historical heritage. If no one promotes these areas, old historical buildings in these cities will be destroyed. Therefore, we developed a new type of mobile technology and we are going to suggest one possible way to promote tourism using mobile phones in smaller cities like Hikone where our university is located.

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Our　Aim

Visitors’ Age