Sawtelle Spirit is a location-based, interactive storytelling platform that allows visitors, residents, and work people to learn about the history of Sawtelle Japantown in a fun and engaging way.
Sawtelle Spirit uses a mixed reality (MR) platform that features augmented reality (AR) objects along with various digital media, including video, audio, images, and digital characters, integrated with the real-life world of Sawtelle Japantown.
Sawtelle Spirit features an engaging narrative that takes users from location to location in Sawtelle Japantown. The narrative is about a guardian spirit who is protecting Sawtelle Japantown’s history from disappearing.
HOW TO GET STARTED
To start the story, go to any one of the locations in the map below and look for the QR code with the SS logo in the center. Scan the QR code and enter the story!
Here are the locations of the QR codes. Use any one of these to get started.
1. Intersection of Sawtelle Blvd. x Mississippi Ave. (southwest corner)
2. Nijiya Market
3. Giant Robot
4. Giant Robot 2
PROVIDE FEEDBACK
Please provide any feedback on your Sawtelle Spirit experience here: Sawtelle Spirit Feedback.
Sawtelle Spirit is a production of Japantown Productions in collaboration with the Sawtelle Japantown Association and is co-sponsored by The George and Sakaye Aratani CARE Award and UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center.