Anime Tourism Association Overview

Board Members

President	Shoji Kawamori
Chairperson	Kazuko Ishikawa	(President, The Association of Japanese Animations)
Vice Chairperson	Takeshi Kikuchi	(Chief Anime Officer, KADOKAWA Corporation)
Managing Director	Norimichi Suzuki
Director	Masanori Miyake	(Executive Vice President, Aniplex Inc.)
Director	Hideaki Yokomizo	(Director, EXecutive officer, WILLER, Inc.)
Director	Masatoshi Tsunoda	(Vice President and Board Member, Kodansha Ltd.)
Director	Jun Takeda	(Managing Executive Officer, Member of the Board of Directors, JTB Corp.)
Director	Takahiro Habuta	(Editor-In-Chief, SHUEISHA Inc.)
Director	Shigeru Marusawa	(Exective Managing Director, SHOGAKUKAN Inc.)
Director	Takanori Yamaguchi	(General Manager, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.)
Director	Makoto Tanabe	(Senior Vice President, Narita International Airport Corporation）
Director	Shinichiro Shimizu	(Vice-Chairperson, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.)
Director	Kazunori Goka	(Director, Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc.)
Director & Chief Secretary	Yoshimasa Mori
Auditor	Keiichi Uezumi	(Representative, Bizadvisors Inc. Tax Accountant Office)

as of April, 2024

Mission of the Association

We stand together with those in the anime industry,
hoping for growth in the anime industry as well as in the regions of Japan,
contributing to making Japan and its regions a place where people around the world would wish to visit.

Concept of the Association

Our mission is to select and formalize the “Japanese Anime 88-Spots”. Moreover, we aim to establish an expansive route connected by “Anime Pilgrimage Sites” through a nation-wide public and private partnership structure.

We wish to connect “Japanese Anime 88-Spots” (Local Regions), corporations, and content holders, allowing them to take advantage of the subject of the “Japanese Anime 88-Spots” to provide goods and services and to create a welcoming environment for tourists, encouraging new economic growth.

Through a number of methods, we aim to spread information about the “Japanese Anime 88-Spots” to supporters of Cool Japan both in Japan and abroad, connecting tourists and pilgrimage sites to create new customers.

Name: Anime Tourism Association

Established: September 16, 2016

Address: 1-12-21 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0071 JAPAN

URL: https://animetourism88.com/

Advisors

Executive Adviser	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Advisor	Hiroshi Tabata	(Visiting professor of the Tamagawa University / Former Commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency)
Advisor	Kaori Nishiharaguchi	(Exective Officer, Deputy Senior Vice President-Salse and Marketing, Senior Vice President-Tokyo, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.)

as of April, 2024

Inquiries and Applications for Membership

For companies and municipalities considering membership, inquiries and applications are accepted here