Otaku tourism and the anime pilgrimage phenomenon in Japan

This article analyses one aspect of the emerging phenomenon of otaku tourism: travel by mainly male fans of otaku subculture to anime 'sacred sites' (the locations that feature in favourite anime). It starts by placing discussion of otaku culture in the discourse of postmodernity and elabo...

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Published in:Japan forum (Oxford, England) England), 2015-01, Vol.27 (1), p.12-36
Main Author: Okamoto, Takeshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
anime pilgrimage
Communication
Community
Modernity
otaku
Pilgrimages
Subculture
Tourism
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