Ishikawa Prefecture is part of the Hokuriku region of Japan. Increasing the number of visitors from other countries is one of the issues facing Ishikawa tourism. In order to address this problem, it is critical to give “language service” to international tourists. This study compares the linguistic characteristics found in English guidebooks for Kanazawa, the capital of Ishikawa, and Toyama, which is also in Hokuriku, to the official guidebooks published by the Japan National Tourist Organization for Tokyo, Fuji, Kyoto, and Hida, in order to better understand the state of language service to foreign tourists. In conclusion, the frequency features of character and word appearance are investigated using C++ software. To approximate these attributes, an exponential function is applied. The percentage of Japanese junior high school necessary vocabulary and American basic vocabulary is calculated to define the difficulty level and K-characteristic of each subject.
As a result, English Hokuriku guidebooks follow a similar pattern in terms of character look to literary works.Furthermore, they have high K-characteristic values and a low difficulty level, notably in Kanazawa.
Author (S) Details
Hiromi Ban
Faculty of Engineering, Sanjo City University, Niigata, Japan.
Takashi Oyabu
Nihonkai International Exchange Center, Kanazawa, Japan.
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