Shiga Shiga University University SIFE SIFE Project Project Team Team Shiga Shiga University University SIFE SIFE Project Project Team Team Team Members Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture Faculty Advisors Sponsor Expenses Income Software Development \1,500,000 Telecom Costs \118,000 Experimental demonstration \197,000 Concert \800,000 Personal \100,000 Equipment \638,800 Miscellaneous \656,200 TOTAL ¥ 4,010,000 University \1,210,000 Ministry of Land & Infrastructure \1,900,000 NTT DoCoMo \800,000 Alumni Association \100,000 TOTAL ¥ 4,010,000 Yasuhiro Tsuchida Yuka Yokoi Kayo Otani Saya Hayashi Asami Magari Mika Yamashita Naomi Goto Yuki Mizuno Tomohiko Fujinami Shunsuke Takahashi HIKONE ○T otal hours spent 2651 ○ People directly involved 1262 ○ Businesses directly consulted 5 ○ Media coverage 8 Hikone at a Glance Location: Northeast Shi ga Area: 9,815 km 2 Population: 110,8 60 You can actually use the QR code! Please have a try ! In the future An upgraded system be released in 2008 Solar Powered: doesn’t need AC Adaptor Portable : can be placed anywhere Multi-Lingual: i nformation displayed in multiple languages (English 、 Chinese and Japanese) Cost Performance: reduces cost of current terminal by 80% System Performance: more information can be transmitted faster http://ub.shiga-u.jp/hikone/ Project Overview Visitor Profile About 400,000 people come to HIkone every year. This chart shows from which areas visitors came last year. Almost all visitors came from prefectures near Shiga. Shiga 22% Hikone Chubu 30% Kansai 35% Other Areas 13% Annual Report 2007 Annual Report 2007 Shinichi Taniguchi Professor, Faculty of Economics Jun Takenaga Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics Akiko Manabe Professor, Faculty of Economics Ian Shortreed Lecturer, Faculty of Economics Kouyou Shishiyama Mayor of Hikone City Kazuma Yamasaki Chairpers on of Hikone Scenic Forum Yasuo Ichien Chairperson of Hikone “Ubiquitous” Industrial Commitee Kazumasa Iwane NTT Docomo Kansai Shiga Branch Chief Business Advisory Bord Mary O’Sullivan Foreign Teacher, Faculty of Economics In the future, we wish to expand our user testing with volunteer guides and by making the system available along bus routes in the Hikone area. We also plan to add a user response form on the map in order to receive feedback on how to improve the guide itself. Finally, although we are still in the early stages of development, we foresee the possibility of expanding the system to other cities in Japan at a low cost and with little additional risk. Solar Panel Transmitte r Kaoru Horikawa President President Charmant Inc. Charmant Inc. Head of Alumni Head of Alumni Association Association Shinichi Taniguchi Professor, Faculty of Economics Jun Takenaga Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics Akiko Manabe Professor, Faculty of Economics Shinichi Taniguchi Professor, Faculty of Economics Jun Takenaga Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics Ian Shortreed Lecturer, Faculty of Economics Akiko Manabe Professor, Faculty of Economics Shinichi Taniguchi Professor, Faculty of Economics Jun Takenaga Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics Mary O’Sullivan Foreign Teacher, Faculty of Economics Ian Shortreed Lecturer, Faculty of Economics Akiko Manabe Professor, Faculty of Economics Shinichi Taniguchi Professor, Faculty of Economics Jun Takenaga Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics