Ethereum Hackathon for Japan's Inbound Tourism

Background

For the New Travel Ecosystem

Owning to the deregulation and the rise of Asian economies, Japan's inbound tourism market is growing rapidly.

The number of foreign visitors to Japan has increased from 10.4 million in 2013 to 28.7 million in 2017. The Japanese government aims to increase the number to 40 million in the year of Tokyo Olympics, 2020. However, there are several problems that needs to be solved.

The first is infrastructure-level preparation for foreign tourist. For instance, hotel and transportation in Japan does not have enough multilingual staff, wifi, and multilingual guides, and these lead to dissatisfaction of the foreign tourist.

Also, the country does not have enough local travel programs that foreign tourists can enjoy. It is necessary to increase the number of high-quality sports, entertainment, and cultural programs for them to improve their overall experience.

Finally, travel data has been siloed. It is owned by each service provider and has not been integrated or efficiently utilized.

We have decided to host this hackathon to solve these problems and improve traveller’s experience with the power of Ethereum.

This hackathon will be hosted by blockchain experts and top Japanese companies in various fields. We aim to ideate a new type of seamless travel experience for each foreign tourist and launch a new blockchain-based service by 2020.

Themes

Please pick up one of the themes below for your prototype.

1. Travel infrastructure
A service that improves travel infrastructure and ensures foreign tourist’s safety.

2. Travel program
A service that improves the number of high-quality travel programs.

3. Data marketing
A service that utilizes foreign tourist’s data and creates a new value.

Technology

Ethereum

uPort

Prize

Grand Prize
US$5,000 worth of Ether
10,000 Ocean Token
Certificate of winning the hackathon on uPort
Free ticket for the next ConsenSys Academy’s Developer Program (worth $1,000 per person)

Blockchain EXE Prize
Free tickets for Blockchain EXE's main meetups (monthly, legal and code) for one year.
US$1,000 worth of Ether
Free ticket for ConsenSys Academy’ online blockchain course (worth $99 per person)

Schedule

1

7/20: 17:30 - 22:00

Day1: Opening, Ideathon

2

7/21: 09:00 - 22:00

Day2: Development

3

7/22: 09:00 - 21:00

Day3: Development, Pitch, Networking

Judges

Aya Miyaguchi

Executive Director @ Ethereum Foundation

Kames Cox-Geraghty

Fullstack Developer @ uPort

Danny Zuckerman

Strategy & Operations @ uPort

Takuya Sawada

GM of Product and Service Strategy Department @ KDDI Corporation

Keiichiro Inaba

Director of Open Innovation Department @ Hitachi, Ltd.

Yutaka Sawamoto

Producer @ J&J Corporation

Kazuaki Ishiguro

Director @ EEA Japan

Supporters

Andreas Wallendahl

Co-founder @ Kauri

Jim Maricondo

Japan Business Development Lead @ ConsenSys

Amanda Dominguez

Asia-Pacific Stakeholder Relations Lead @ ConsenSys

Atsushi Ishii

CEO @ Couger

Yasunori Motani

Blockchain Project Lead @ KDDI Corporation

Ken Naganuma

Researcher of Social System Department @ Hitachi, Ltd.

Hikaru Takahashi

CTO @ Couger

Kojiro Hirate

Lead Project Manager @ Couger

Hosts

Couger

ConsenSys

Sponsors

KDDI Corporation

Ethereum Foundation

Enterprise Ethereum Alliance

Hakuhodo

Centaurus Works

Trident Arts

Ocean Protocol

J&J Group

Backers

JTB

JCB

Overview

Date
2018/7/20 - 2018/7/22

Venue
Speee, Inc.
4-1-4 4F, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-0032

Number of Teams
15 teams (around 2 - 5 people per team)
There will be a selection process if many apply.
Fee
Free
Transportation and accommodation expense should be covered by participants.

IP
The IP of the deliverable will belong to participants.

Requirements
If you apply as a team, you need to have at least one developer who has an experience in blockchain development.
At least one team member should always be at the venue during the program.
Each member should be at least 18 years old.
If a member is below 20 years old, they will have to submit the letter of consent signed by their parent.
Rules
You must use Ethereum and uPort for your prototype.
You cannot work on your project before the event begins.
You cannot steal another team's source code.
All codes required to run your prototype must be submitted.

Others
You can apply either as an individual or a team.
Individual participants will be required to attend the team forming session on the first day.
If you apply as a team, only the representative should fill-out the application form.
Lunch and dinner will be provided.

Exclusion of Anti-Social Forces

Applicants should not, current or in the future, be in association of any crime syndicate, crime syndicate members or former members within five years, crime syndicate quasi-members, crime syndicate related companies, corporate racketeers, forces disguising themselves as social or political movements, special intellectual violent organizations, terrorists, or a person who is designated by Japanese or foreign government as subject to economic sanctions.

Application is closed.