担当区分：筆頭著者   記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（国際会議プロシーディングス）   出版者・発行元：AHFE International  

13 million hectares of forest were lost from 2000 to 2010 (ITTO International Tropical Timber Organization) Agricultural development is one of the reasons for this deforestation. The benefits of agricultural developments are significant for residents. On the other hands, If forest protection is important for the world, what brings them better benefits than agricultural developments? It is necessary not to undermine the interests of residents for the cause of other regions, but also to benefit from participating, and to actively embark on forest conservation in order to nurture forests.Considering the global issue of forest conservation, we deal with tourism in nature, especially forest bathing in this paper. Tourists not only give money for local people, but also gives people the perception that forests are not a hindrance to cultivation, but rather meaningful resources for themselves. Research in Japan has been studying the stress reduction effects of forest bathing in the last 10 years. There are physical declines in stress hormones such as blood pressure, pulse and salivary cortisol, promotion of parasympathetic nerve activity, and decreased sympathetic nerve activity even in forest bathing for about 20 minutes (Koyama, 2009). There is also research (Takeda, 2009) that analyzed the atmosphere of forests and measured phytoncide components such as terpenes emanated from trees. It told that forest bathing is effective in reducing physical and mental parts. However, these are often influenced by weather and personal factors of subjects (Alpine,2012). In addition, since the measurement method is complicated for the physiological part, it has not reached the investigation of the scale which can be general-purpose. Research originated in Japan on forest bathing is progressing overseas aiming at the elimination of Over tourism now. We had experiments in Oku-Nikko, the Natural Park in Japan on September and November 2021. We tried to measure effects of forest bathing by performing the degrees of relaxation using EEG Measurement:αwaves increased in certain areas, and multiple subjective evaluations. The participants walked in the forest wearing bandana with simple electroencephalography on the experiments. Though temperatures and deciduous conditions are different in September and in November, effects of forest bathing were observed in both experiments. It is about 26,27℃ in the forest of Oku-Nikko on September. On the other hands, we had the experiment not as high as 10℃ on November. It seems that the situations are not so suitable for experiments in the forest bathing because of the large temperature gap. However, forest bathing has become a hot topic in foreign countries and the compositions of forests varies enclosing temperature are different among those countries. Therefore, considering such different phases is useful for our research, we will lead to the versatility of forest bathing. Participants walked some courses on September. One group walked the same 30-minute course at the forest along a fall in September (n=3) and November (n=10). According to the results of Positive and Negative Affect Schedule（PANAS）scales of 13 participants (yes/no answer), total numbers of “yes” were increased from18 at the start point to 34 after walking. The answer “active” increased from３to 11after the walking in the forest (60 minutes walking). All participants were 20s. They answered that they liked to walk in the nature. However, 5 of them answered the average exercise time per week is less than an hour and 3 participants answered 1 hour or less than 3 hours, 4 participants answered 3 hours or less than 5 hours and only 1 participant answered he exercises 5 hours or less than 10 hours per week. On the other hands, negative items decreased from 14 to 6 after walking in the forest. In addition, αwave came out loudly when 3 participants stopped to see a waterfall which was flowing sideways of the forest in September. According to our experiments, there is a possibility that forest bathing makes people feel better regardless of temperature. Participants became positive after walking in the forest. We have to proceed to analyze the date for subjective evaluation and will examine the EEG data on November, too.We started to research and will continue to use EEG measurement and will have subjective evaluation to enhance evidence for forest bathing enclosing other countries. The forests in Thailand are so different from Japanese ones. Thailand have had too many tourists in several famous cities before COVID-19. There are great forests in Thailand. We will cooperate and will find the common effects of forest bathing. In addition, informing tourists themselves of the effects of forest bathing on the spot using incorporating the brain wave measurement function into the app in the future, it will be useful for new tourism after COVID-19.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：MDPI AG  

We have been studying a sightseeing support application using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons and mobile phones since 2014 to support sightseeing in Nikko, one of Japan’s World Heritage sites. Travelers can receive information relating to their position by using this application. We tried to use some psychological effects to increase travelers’ satisfaction when they receive such information. Moreover, we tried to emphasize travel memories of the place (scenery, culture, food, etc.) to encourage them to revisit or inspire their friends to visit it. Our tests prove the usefulness of our sightseeing support application for enhancing the travel experience. However, we had not yet developed a function to provide information that met the travelers’ intentions or needs. Moreover, it is hazardous to use a smartphone during walking, especially in an unfamiliar place. If a traveler uses a smartphone during walking, they might miss the beautiful scenery, historic buildings, and exotic atmosphere. We tried to adapt our sightseeing support application for use with a wearable device (smartwatch) to avoid using a smartphone during walking and introduced a prospect theory to evaluate information according to personal interest and behavior. Our experiments proved that our application provided the most appropriate sightseeing information to travelers and prevented danger during walking.

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担当区分：筆頭著者   記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（国際会議プロシーディングス）   出版者・発行元：IATED  

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Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) is now becoming popular for long-range license-free wireless communication technology. Bluetooth and WiFi are commonly used for the license-free near field communication technique. However, they can cover 100 m or near. LPWA can provide news services for long distance communication in the rural area. We have been developing a sightseeing support application using BLE beacon for six years near the World Heritage “Nikko” and now expanding a service area to “Oku-Nikko” where is a mountain area with huge mush and waterfalls, lakes, and mountains. A sightseeing support application for Oku-Nikko requires to provide information about safety since there is a mountain area. For that purpose, it is essential to observe hikers in the broad field, and low cost, long distance telecommunication system is required. To design the tourist support network in Oku-Nikko, we firstly understand the transmission model of LoRa. For that purpose, we performed some test to measure the transmission distance of LoRa in different environments. In this paper, we would like to explain an experiment of LoRa in Nikko National Park and around Utsunomiya University. We discuss that results of the experiment show the one possibility to explain the transmission model of LoRa in Oku-Nikko and Utsunomiya was Okumura-Hata model.

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According to the spread of mobile devices such as a mobile phone, it is expected to use ICT (Information and Communication Technology) for sightseeing services. In Japan, the Tourism Authority of Japan has started to promote to use a smartphone application to support inbound traveler. In this situation, we are developing a sightseeing support application using BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) beacon in the Nikko area. In the paper, we proposed a design method to design a sightseeing application applying two psychological effects, one is the Zeigarnik Effect, and another is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Then we explain the trial and how the trial was failed. We also explain how to solve the problem that appeared during the trial.

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Tourists use smartphone applications while traveling. Some applications are the same as their general use. Others are inclosing special contents for the area they are traveling. Smartphone applications make our travel convenient. However, if people feel something very convenience, they won’t feel the trip great. We had researched the feeling of tourists and developed applications for tourists considering cognitive science.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（国際会議プロシーディングス）   出版者・発行元：Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.  

We mention the outline of a trial of tourist navigation system using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon for sightseeing in Nikko to provide information about attractive cultures and comparison between for pedestrian and car/bike. These beacons are installed on signboards on the road and shops. We first explain the background of this research and related works. Then we describe the outline of our application to provide the information and knowledge of culture and history while walking the approach to the Tosyogu-shrine. We discuss how to layout the beacons to realize the sightseeing support navigation system for the visitors in Nikko. We mention that BLE beacon in outdoor worked well and if visitors are walking, they can find almost all beacons. The central theme of this paper is how BLE beacons work for travelers on a car or a bike in Nikko. Unfortunately, there are little researches to use BLE beacons for high-speed objects. To analyze this problem, we performed a trial to get information from a BLE beacon in a running vehicle. We founded that a smartphone received information from almost all BLE beacons by the receivers on a car or a bike. However, the order of the beacons is not in order as we expected and that caused problems if the coverage area of a beacon is overlapped. At last, we propose a simple formula to estimate the appropriate layout of beacons when we design the BLE beacon network for sightseeing by using a car or a bike.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（国際会議プロシーディングス）   出版者・発行元：Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.  

In this paper, we propose a design process of mobile phone application for the sightseeing. For that purpose, we introduced two psychological effects, Zeigarnik Effect and Maslow's hierarchy of needs. We mainly discuss how we applied Maslow's hierarchy of needs to design UI of sightseeing application. We firstly listed up elements of information of sightseeing and classified them using Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Then we defined the method to calculate priority of those elements of information and functions according to those elements. Based on this analysis, we designed a sightseeing support application for Oku-Nikko. The result of experiment displayed the effectiveness of our design method.

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A large amount of information is not always appealing to tourists. We developed a new application using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons that not only provides a guide to a specific location but also provides the traditional customs and history of the area as an easter egg. In this paper, we discuss a system development process for IoT system of development of our sightseeing support system for IoT system. We extract the development model that is suitable for developing a service that uses devices embedded in environment and maintaining it.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（国際会議プロシーディングス）   出版者・発行元：IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Info Communications  

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（国際会議プロシーディングス）   出版者・発行元：Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.  

In this paper, we explained a result of trial in 2014 and 2015 of navigation system using BLE beacon for sightseeing in Nikko. We firstly explain the result of a research of characteristics of visitors to Nikko. From the questionnaire to visitors of Nikko, to support young people (20th) and foreigners by ICT are important. Especially to solve problems of transportation and to provide information of shopping and eating location are important. Also, to give them the culture and history in Nikko area is important. For that purpose, we designed a cognitive model for travel based on Zeigarnik Effect to increase expectation by adding unknown part. Then we designed a trial application that works with BLE beacon and performed trial to evaluate the usefulness of navigation system using BLE beacon for sightseeing and effect of quiz to emphasis expectation of travel in Nikko. We found that BLE beacon in outdoor worked well and if visitors are walking, they can find almost all beacons in 2014. The result of the quiz rally in September 2015 shows that more difficult questions caused higher satisfaction.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（国際会議プロシーディングス）   出版者・発行元：Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.  

We would like to explain the outline of a trial of navigation system using BLE beacon for sightseeing in traditional area of Nikko. We firstly explain the result of a research of characteristics of visitors to Nikko. From the questionnaire to visitors of Nikko, to support young people (20th) and foreigners by ICT is important. Especially to solve problems of transportation and to provide information of shopping and eating location are important. Also, to give them the culture and history in the approach to the Tosyogu-shrine is important. Then we designed a trial application that works with BLE beacon and performed trial to evaluate the usefulness of navigation system using BLE beacon for sightseeing in Nikko. We found that BLE beacon in outdoor worked well and if visitors are walking, they can find almost all beacons. If they move by bus, BLE beacon also work well.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（国際会議プロシーディングス）   出版者・発行元：International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, IIIS  

Information and Communication Technology offers different types of information. However, a large amount of that information is not appealing for tourists. To determine what comprises relevant information for tourists, we developed a new smartphone application that provides not only a guide to specific locations but also comprehensively summarizes the traditional customs and history of the area. For example, our trial application provides information relating to Japanese traditional rules for visiting shrines and temples. To realize this application, we introduced a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon that collaborates with the smartphone application to display information at the appropriate points. We found that the BLE beacon worked well for outdoor sightseeing done on foot.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（国際会議プロシーディングス）   出版者・発行元：Springer  

We have been developing IDDD (Information Delivery System for Deaf People in a Major Disaster) system [7, 8] from 2007. In 2012, we have a chance to develop new IDDD system and test it at the school for the deaf in Miyagi. In this paper, we report the results the system performance test and the users evaluation of the new IDDD based on an experiment at the school for the deaf in Miyagi. As the result, the network performance was increased and application development cost might be half of that of the old IDDD. Also, Fast-Scroll is most legible for hearing impairments people. © 2013 Springer-Verlag.

DOI： 10.1007/978-3-642-39262-7_46

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Alpha Publishers  

In Japan, 53% of children from 10 years old to 17 years old use mobile phones. Filtering technology and systems to protect children are progressing day by day, however, they are still liable to become victims of crime through community sites and 1,239 trouble cases were published in 2010. It is strongly required that children should learn how to treat information on mobile phones. In this paper, we discuss our learning model to learn literacy of mobile phone and the result of our experiment to learn literacy of mobile phone using our model and tool. We call the tool PNS (Pupils Network System) that is designed based on our survey at an elementary school in Tokyo for four years. We confirmed that our methodology is useful to learn literacy of mobile phone. © 2013 River Publishers.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（国際会議プロシーディングス）  

Mobile communication gives us to access to others whenever and wherever we want. Communication without spatiotemporal restraints is also useful and convenient for primary education also, however, it creates many problems. Children are used to recognizing new objects step by step, from closely concrete ones to invisible abstract steps. ICT communication doesn't have such steps. Though children can use mobiles easily, they cannot understand the results and influences of their own operations. We have studied methods to solve this problem empirically with elementary schools. As a part of this study we used Tanka, Japanese old poetry, using SNS in elementary schools. In addition, outcome of the actual trial, we created new application for children's communication education. © 2012 IADIS.

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It is estimated that access and trouble related to Internet will increase rapidly with the accelerated diffusion of the "Smart Phone". Especially, youths become victims of such troubles. To protect youth from such crimes, it is required to teach both the beneficial and negative points of the Internet services. There are a lot of discussions among teachers of elementary school about how to teach the use of the Internet and mobile phone. We conducted a research on pupils' understanding of the danger of service on the Internet in a moral class of an elementary school. In this paper, we report the details of our research. We have realized that children should learn the correct use of mobile phones and furthermore, they should become capable of expressing their opinions clearly and politely. Based on this research, we propose a new tool that will help pupils to learn about moral the way of using the Internet. © 2011 IADIS.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（国際会議プロシーディングス）  

5:46AM, January 17th, 1995, a large earthquake the magnitude of which was 7.3, occurred near Kobe and caused a disaster. Cities near the center of the earthquake were shaken with a seismic intensity 7. 6,434 lives were lost. Depending on this experience, we designed "Information Delivery System for Deaf People at a Larger Disaster (IDDD)" based on mobile phone and ad hoc networking technology with evaluation test performed at many different locations for three years. In this paper, we discussed how our information delivery system for deaf person in disaster (IDDD) has been designed and improved. Especially, brightness and font size were improved and 86% of users agreed that this system was useful. Also, 87% of them answered "Very Useful" or "Useful". Evaluation result of readability of the display was also favorable, 72% answering "excellent" or "good". ©2010 IEEE.

DOI： 10.1109/IB2COM.2010.5723636

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（国際会議プロシーディングス）  

ICT literacy is a requisite ability necessary for children living in this modern society. Mobile phone has become a dominant ICT tool for children. However, as it is clear from the fact that online access has sometimes leads children to crimes, its effective and safe usage in education has not been found. Many Japanese local governments prohibit elementary and junior high school pupils from bringing mobile phones to school. And yet, mobile phones are the basis of ICT society, and it is important for them to become. We believe that mobile phones have a possibility of being used in class and for fieldworks. In this paper, we discuss the experiments performed in an elementary school in Tokyo, using mobile phones as a tool for taking pictures that can be shared in classrooms and fieldwork, to prove usefulness of mobile phone for children of elementary school. We got excellent result and proved that mobile phone is a good tool for not only ICT literacy education but also several subjects in elementary school. © 2010 IADIS.

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記述言語：日本語   出版者・発行元：東京 : 電子情報通信学会  

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その他リンク： http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/029630530

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記述言語：日本語   出版者・発行元：特定非営利活動法人 日本バーチャルリアリティ学会  

DOI： 10.18974/tvrsj.21.2_313

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記述言語：日本語   出版者・発行元：一般社団法人 電子情報通信学会  

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記述言語：日本語   出版者・発行元：東京 : 慶應義塾大学出版会  

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記述言語：日本語   出版者・発行元：八王子 : 中央評論編集部  

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記述言語：日本語   出版者・発行元：[東京] : CIEC会誌設立準備委員会  

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