The Guidebooks Store is an open event space for tourists to gather information. The Guidebooks Store serves as a place of relaxation for local businesses, hospital and school staff, local residents, shoppers, tourists, and others, and a place to gather information on local shops, restaurants, and tourist attractions. It uses IT devices such as computers and mobile phones, as well as the latest video equipment, to deliver tourism content in Japanese and foreign languages. It also sells tourist guidebooks and other books and magazines, and serves light snacks such as coffee and sandwiches as a cafe space. Drawing on its many years of multimedia knowledge and experience related to computers, video, music, and art, the store also hosts seminars and workshops aimed at preserving and developing cultural resources, specializing in IT technology, art, music, and animation, as well as solo and art exhibitions and photo exhibitions for local artists.
The contents of the seminars, workshops, solo and art exhibitions, and photo exhibitions held in the event space will be streamed online to all of Japan and the world using video cameras and a video streaming system. Because we handle all of the advanced technology and expensive system development in-house, such as software development for tourism content and reservation systems, and systems construction for video cameras and online video distribution, we can achieve this on a very low budget and in a short period of time. There is a growing need for high-quality cultural tourism content in preparation for the resumption and expansion of tourism, as well as open spaces for tourists to gather information. By compactly packaging, franchising, and creating an IT system, the