Free Akihabara tour & lecture on pop culture for foreign visitors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Free Akihabara tour & lecture on pop culture for foreign visitors.

TOKYO, AKIHABARA - Feb 15, 2007 - We would like to present a short tour and lesson on pop culture (especially anime) for mainly foreign visitors in Akihabara, a world-famous Electric Town and a hub of pop culture in Japan.

* 13:00-A English guided tour focused on pop culture in Akihabara
* 14:30-A lecture on Japanese animation by Mr. Michihiko Suwa Chief Producer of YOMIURI Telecasting Corporation, famous for the popular animation, �ネCase Closed (Detective Conan)�ノ.
* 16:15-A computer graphics (CG) experience course

Location: Akihabara Daibiru 7 Floor

Admission is free. Walk in ok, seat reservation recommended.
Sign up: Please send a application mail �ハname and date you wish to join�ヒ to the following address. [email protected]

More information can be found here http://www.dhw.ac.jp/suwa/

This program is presented as a part of �ネA Study on regional development by international tourism based on Japanese manga (comics) and anime�ノ, sponsored by Kanto District Transport Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT)

ABOUT DIGITAL HOLLYWOOD: Digital Hollywood, founded in 1994, is Japan�ヌs first school specializing in digital content.