The Kansai area, the origin of Japanese history, has many important historical and cultural assets. The many roads and post towns were the key intersections of traffic from ancient times. A wide variety of events were held during the 2005 fiscal year to invigorate the area by inviting tourists to these places for community interaction while utilizing the local sightseeing and traffic resources. During these events, prefectures, cities, towns, villages, local residents, NPOs, civic organisations, railroad companies, and affiliated companies cooperated in many areas, coordinating the activities of each organisation to attract more tourists. A pedestrian navigation system utilizing the QR Code, which was performed during a Walk Event, one of the events for hikers on the roads, is demonstrated. The pedestrian navigation system utilizing the QR Code is a system that offers usefulinformation for pedestrians via cellular phones using IT technology. The URL address of the cellular phone road navigation site is available with acellular phone from the QR Code posted on guideposts. The database is then accessed for historical information, including the historic relics near the guidepost, with a cellular phone to make hiking more enjoyable. The walk diary system was also developed to show the distance walked and calorieconsumption during the hike. This system is used to monitor the health ofhikers. These systems were used on a trial basis to invite more tourists to the roads and post towns for an enjoyable day of hiking, invigorating the Kansai area. For the covering abstract see E134653.
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