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| President of the Japanese Society for Geographicical Sciences Yoshimichi Yui |
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Announcement of the 2025 Special Symposium of the Japanese Society of Geographical Sciences/ Geographical Association of Japan100 Year Anniversary Event |
| The Japanese Society of Geographical Sciences will hold its 2025 Special Symposium (42nd Symposium) / Geographical Association of Japan100 Year Anniversary Event as detailed below. We hope you will attend. The symposium will take place over two days, from Saturday, November 29 to Sunday, November 30, 2025. The first day will consist of the symposium at the RCC Culture Center in Hiroshima, and the second day will feature Teaching Tourism Walking Workshop (TeToWaWo） at Setoda Town in Onomichi. Please apply in advance for both the first and second days. For the symposium on the first day, please apply through Google form (use the QR code on the right, or go to the Google form on the society's website). However, you can also participate on the day. This year, two symposiums will be held on November 29th and December 6th. Please be careful not to make a mistake when applying. |
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Organizer： Japanese Society of Geographical Sciences Sponsor：Geographical Association of Japan Theme： “Teaching Tourism in Higher Education: Geographical Perspective and Beyond” |
| Day 1 （November 29）The Japanese Society of Geographical Sciences Symposium |
| Venue：RCC Cultural Center (see venue information) Room 601 Participation Fee：500 yen (free for students and graduate students) Symposium Organizers：Rie Usui (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)，Meng Qu (Hokkaido University)，An Jaesun (Kanazawa University) Purpose: This symposium aims to explore how geography can contribute to tourism studies, with a particular focus on reexamining the content and teaching methods of tourism geography and tourism studies in university education. It seeks to provide a platform for researchers and educators involved in tourism education to share their practices and challenges, and to deepen discussions on the future direction of tourism education. Program: 10.45-10.55 Introduction Session 1 (English) 10:55–11:15 Rie Usui (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)：Integrating Nonhuman Perspectives in Tourism Education: Reflections on Student-Created Children’s Books about Takasakiyama Natural Zoo 11:15–11:35 Nguyen Van Hoang (Nguyen Tat Thanh University)：Teaching Tourism across Public and Private Universities in Vietnam: Regional Disparities and Geographical Insights 11:35–11:55 Sangkyun Kim（Edith Cowan University）：The paradox of tourism programmes in Australian universities: (G)localisation, (de-)accreditation and (de-)elitism 11:55–13:10 Lunch Break Session 2 (Japanese) 13:10–13:30 Masaaki Kureha (Tsukuba University)：The development and future prospects of tourism geography in Japanese undergraduate and graduate education 13:30–13:50 An Jaesun (Kanazawa University)：Practice of Project-Based Learning in Tourism Education Session 3 (English) 13:50–14:10 Johan R Edelheim (Hokkaido University)：Teaching tourism beyond written texts – Attuning to senses whilst walking the land 14:10–14:30 Sayaka Sakuma (Utsunomiya University)：Bridging critical tourism studies to teaching geography in Japan: lessons learned in Hawaii and explored in Okinawa 14:30–14:50 Meng Qu (Hokkaido University)：Service Learning, Action Research, and Deep Mapping in On-site Education 14:50–15:05 Tea Break 15:05–15:20 Commentary Session 15:20–16:20 General Discussion 16:20–16:30 Closing Remarks |
Venue Information: RCC Cultural Center: 5-11 Hashimoto-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, 730-0015, Japan https://maps.app.goo.gl/8NadscLVPkt97R4B6 Contact for inquiries regarding the first day symposium: The Japanese Society of Geographical Sciences, Meeting Committee Department of Geography, Faculty of Letters, Hiroshima University 1-2-3 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima City, 739-8522, Japan Tel: +81-82-424-6656 Fax: +81-82-424-0320 http://www.chiri-kagaku.jp/index-e.html |
| Day 2 （November 30）Teaching Tourism Walking Workshop （TeToWaWo） |
TeToWaWo is a walking-style workshop with a focus on multimodality and multiliteracies, aiming to overcome teacher-centered and classroom-centered approaches in the field of education and learning. Participants deepen their understanding of local communities through walking around while sharing educational and learning practices that move away from teacher-centered instruction. For more details, please visit: https://www.tetowaco.org/. The planned venue is Koneshima, Setoda Town, Onomichi City. The schedule will be announced at a later date. If you wish to contribute to the workshop, please submit your presentation abstract following the registration process on the TeToWaWo homepage. For details regarding the themes and format of the abstract, please refer to the homepage. Participants are welcome to attend the workshop without submitting an abstract. To register for the event, please complete the process via the following link: https://peatix.com/event/4448009. If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.Thank you again, and we look forward to your participation. |
Workshop Organizer TeToWaWo2025 Organizing Committee Chujun Wang (Hiroshima University) |
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