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[Press Release]
Hachioji Tourism Association Publishes an English-language, Detailed Maps& Guide for Mount Takao (Takaosan)
Since the receiving the highest-possible rank of three starts from the Michelin Voyager Partique Japon 2007, Mount Takao has drawn over two-million annual visitors as one of Japan’s most famous mountain. On holidays and weekends, 20 percent or more of these visitors are foreign inbound tourists or residents or Japan.
Despite this widespread popularity, surprisingly, a foreign-language brochure featuring Mount Takao had not yet been published. To remedy this, the Hachioji Tourism Association (president Taiji Ogushi, www.hachioji-kankokyokai.or.jp) created a free English-language guide & map to more widely publicize Mount Takao’s features, attractions and access and also to facilitate safe, secure travel and recreation on the mountain (the brochure was planned and produced by Omega-Com, Inc., a Tokyo-based multilingual communications service company specializing in tourism).
The center of the brochure is a scale map that allows visitors to use the mountain’s accurate geography, directions and distances. Surrounding the map are short introductions and photos of more places to see, along with details about the mountain’s animals and seasonal events.
Another feature of this guide & map is that is was produced with the cooperation of the major non-profit and private entitles involved with Mount Takao.
Previously, many similar free brochures were produced by a single tourism association and a private firm, but this production brought together the sponsorship of the principal organizations and companies related to the mountain such as Yakuo-in Buddhist Temple, JR East Takaotozan Railway. Keio Electric Railway has also cooperated in distribution of this guide & map.
The Hachijoji Tourism Association hopes to use the guide & maps to promote interest in and understanding of Mount Takao’s features and attractions, and to invite more non-Japanese visitors. To this end, the association will distribute the brochure to approximately 300 foreign organizations in Japan and the overseas offices of the Japan Natinal Tourist Organization (JNTO).
The guide & map is available by telephone request to the Hachioji Tourism Association (phon 042-643-3115), in JNTO’s Travl Information Centers, in the Tokyo Tourism Info Center located inside the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and at major hotels in Tokyo.
Mout Takao (Takaosan) related web sites
Takaosan (JNTO)
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