DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10553856
title: Tourism area dataset in Japan

description: Tourism areas and spots

Tourism area data

areas.csvTourism areas in Japan derived from Wikipedia [1]. It includes 378 areas. Each line has the following format as tab delimited: area_id, area_nameHere, the area_id denotes a tourism area ID. The area_name denotes a tourism area name in Japanese.

areas_admin_areas.csvRelation between tourism areas and administrative areas. Each line has the following format as tab delimited: area_id, administrative_area_codeHere, the area_id refers to the area_id in the file areas.csv. The administrative_area_code refers to the administrative area code in the administrative area data [2] provided by the National Land Numerical Information data.

Category data

categories.csvCategories of tourism spots. It includes 58 categories. Each line has the following format as tab delimited: category_id, category_1, category_2Here, the category_id denotes a category ID. The category_1 denotes the category name and the category_2 denotes the sub category name in Japanese.

Tourism spot data

spots.csvTourism spots in Japan derived from Wikipedia [1]. It includes 12,659 spots. Each line has the following format as tab delimited: spot_id, spot_nameHere, the spot_id denotes a tourism spot ID, which corresponds to the page ID in the Wikipedia [1]. The spot_name denotes a tourism spot name in Japanese, which corresponds to the page title in the Wikipedia.

spots_latlng.csvLocation of tourism spots. It includes 8,645 spots. Each line has the following format as tab delimited: spot_id, lat, lngHere, the spot_id refers to the spot_id in the file spots.csv. The lat and lng denote latitude and longitude of the spot, respectively.

spots_categories.csvRelation between tourism spots and categories. It includes 9,905 relations and 9,840 unique spots. Each line has the following format as tab delimited: spot_id, category_idHere, the spot_id refers to the spot_id in the file spots.csv. The category_id refers to the category_id in the file the categories.csv.

spots_areas.csvRelation between tourism spots and tourism areas. It includes 12,065 relations and 11,888 unique spots. Each line has the following format as tab delimited: spot_id, area_idHere, the spot_id refers to the spot_id in the file spots.csv. The area_id refers to the area_id in the file the areas.csv.

Tourism area vectors

Land vectors data

areas_land_vec.csvLand vectors of tourism areas derived from land use data [3] provided by the National Land Numerical Information data. It includes 378 areas. Each line has the following format as tab delimited: area_id, 100, 200, 500, 600, 700, 901, 902, 1000, 1100, 1400, 1500, 1600Here, the area_id refers to the area_id in the file the areas.csv.  The last 12 fields denote land vector and each field denotes the land use type code [3] provided by the National Land Numerical Information data.

areas_elevation_vec.csvElevation vectors of tourism areas derived from elevation and gradient data [4] provided by the National Land Numerical Information data. It includes 378 areas. Each line has the following format as tab delimited: area_id, elev_0.0, elev_0.1, ..., elev_3.6Here, the area_id refers to the area_id in the file the areas.csv.  The last 37 fields denote elevation vector.

areas_category_vec.csvCategory vectors of tourism areas. It includes 378 areas. Each line has the following format as tab delimited: area_id, 1, 2, ... 58Here, the area_id refers to the area_id in the file the areas.csv.  The last 58 fields denote cateogory vector and each field refers to the category_id in the file categories.csv.

References



Wikipedia, in Japanese.

Administrative area data, National Land Numerical Information data, in Japanese.

Land use data, National Land Numerical Information data, in Japanese.

Elevation and gradient data, National Land Numerical Information data, in Japanese.


Citation

To make use of the dataset, please cite one of the following papers:



Kenta Oku. Construction of a tourism area dataset using open data. Society for Tourism Informatics, Vol.20, No.1, pp.45–64, 2024 (in Japanese).

奥健太. オープンデータを用いた観光地エリアデータセットの構築. 観光と情報:観光情報学会誌, 第20巻, 第1号, pp.45-64, 2024.


Acknowledgments

This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP19K12567.