Welcome to Seeds of the Sakura. This site provides a description of a digital media project that aims to increase understanding about Japan’s cultural history through the experiences of a former University of the Pacific student, Sanji Muto.
Read more about the project and Sanji Muto by clicking here: http://go.pacific.edu/muto
Thank you to the team members who made this project possible: Jeremy Hanlon, Joshua King, Joshua Salyers, Mary Somerville, Naomi Horii, Niraj Chaudhary, Ryan Griffith, Thy Son, Yoko Hasegawa, and Yusif Imanov.
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Hanami Diamond Experience
University of the Pacific Libraries
Hanami, that aims to increase understanding about Japan’s cultural history through a series of Augmented Reality experiences installed in Sanji Muto study room located on the 2nd floor of William Knox Holt Memorial Library and Learning Center. Augmented Reality allows you to display digital content overlay of an object in real life through a screen on a smartphone or table. Through Augmented Reality experiences, this student created project highlights of some of Sanji Muto’s timeless messages and Japan’s graceful cultural practices.
*Please note that in order to fully experience all of the features of the app, you must be located in the 2nd floor of William Know Holt Memorial Library and Learning Center in the Sanji Muto's study room. -
Muto Timeless Message
University of the Pacific Libraries
Research into the Muto Family yielded information on Sanji Muto but little about other family members. This report therefore focuses on Sanji and the multiple paths he walked as a student, businessman, politician, publisher, and intellectual.
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Virtual Reality Museum
University of the Pacific Libraries
This Virtual Reality Experience explores the formation of modern Japanese society during the Meiji regime. Int includes exhibits that examine important developments in Meiji era Japan as new leaders attempted to create a modern nation that both borrowed models from abroad but was still distinctly Japanese, and exhibits that follow the experiences of Sanji Muto, as he lived many of the profound national changes.
