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JTB Corp. proudly announces the launch of Japan Travel Guide JTB on 3D virtual world Second Life .JTB provides information in English language about how to enjoy a Japanese-style Inn(Ryokan), Japanese Foot Bath (Ashiyu) and Japanese garden for worldwide visitors toJapan. ■ JTB is the biggest travel company in Japan■ JTB has launched an English version, which hardly find in Japanese companies.■ JTB provides an entertaining space where visitors can feel the atmosphereof Japanese traditional dance (Bon dance) and enjoy dancing to original JAPANiCANdance music. ■ Through a 3D virtual world, JTB draws the visitors attention to realwebsites of JTB Group companies, while introducing Japanese culture.--------------------- ------------------------------
JTB has proudly launched the Japan Travel Guide JTB in English version with 3Dvirtual world Second Life .
JTB has started the Japan Travel Guide on a 3D virtual world Second Life supportedin English for non-Japanese speakers, which is unique in Japan. As Second Lifeintroduces a multilingual language support, the number of users is expected tosignificantly increase. Therefore, Second Life has the potential to replace a webbrowser as a new business market.
Based on this experience, JTB is actively researching the likelihood of world demandand expansion into new businesses in the virtual world. The main objective is tobuild a new business model.
As part of the plan, JAPANiCAN, one of our group companies running a site fornon-Japanese visitors to Japan, shows how to enjoy a Japanese Inn (Ryokan), JapaneseFoot Bath (Ashiyu) and Japanese garden. The outline is as follows.
Name of SIM (Name of island): " Japan Travel Guide JTB"http://slurl.com/secondl ife/JAPAN TRAVELGUIDE JTB/138/130/23Contents: It consists of three areas - Japanese Inn (Ryokan), Japanese Foot Bath(Ashiyu) and Japanese garden.1. In the Japanese Ryokan area, five kinds of Japanese culture such as how to take aJapanese bath, eating manners, etc. are shown using streaming videos in English. Inthe large hall, an amusing *camping spot is provided where visitors can feel theatmosphere of Japanese traditional dance (Bon dance) and enjoy dancing to original JAPANiCAN dance music. 2. In the Ashiyu area, a 3D feature is used, where a map-of-Japan-shaped virtualAshiyu introduces real Onsen-Ryokans from all over Japan, guiding you to furtherlocal information on JAPANiCAN.com supported by JAPANiCAN. 3. In the Japanese garden area, JTB provides a garden of spectacular beauty forusers around the world to be impressive for the first time they see.
Note: The term *camping is an activity in Second Life where visitors can get LindenDollars by staying at one spot for a while.
