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Group Discusses Lucky Star Uniforms to Boost Local Tourism
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Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: The Japanese prefecture of Saitama established a Prefectural Anime Tourism Investigative Commission on Tuesday to discuss ways to boost anime-based tourism — including "changing the [local] schools' unifoms to match the uniforms of the became a mecca for Lucky Star anime tourists, chairs the six-member commission. The other commission include anime production figures and manga creators such as Sakuya Hikochi (Dr. Kuruma's Time Machine, Chichibu Cafe & Art-Culture Guide Book).
Besides the suggestion on Lucky Star uniforms, the commission also discussed the idea of "leasing a few vacant public facilities as production studios for manga creators." The commission will meet three times by next February and also exchange views over email or by other means. The plan to present their findings next March.
The prefecture already came to Washimiya's Washinomiya Shrine during 2009's New Year's holidays — two to three times the number of visitors who came two years ago.
Source: Nikkei, Sankei Shimbun
Image courtesy of Lucky Paradise
