On July 25 (Thursday), the "Kanmon Regional Joint Study Group Results Report Meeting" was held at the New Building of the West Japan General Exhibition Center, co-hosted by the Kitakyusyu City University Regional Strategic Research Institute and the University Regional Co-creation Center.
　After opening remarks by Masato Yanai, Vice President of Kitakyusyu City University and Director of Regional Strategy Research Institute, Professor Toshimitsu Nanba (Collaborator: Takehiro Sakamoto) and Professor Hiroshi Minami gave a report on the research results conducted in FY2018. You can check the results from the link below.
　As part 2, we held a symposium entitled "Possibility of Regional Revitalization Utilizing Cultural Properties in the Kanmon Region". Kitakyushu City and Shimonoseki City jointly applied to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, "Kanmon" Nostalgic "Strait-Time Stop, Memory of Modernization-" was recognized as a Japan Heritage Site in 2017, and various activities are being carried out. In addition to this movement related to Japanese heritage, various tourism-related initiatives that make use of history and culture are also being actively carried out. Therefore, discussions were held on the theme of "possibility of" regional revitalization utilizing cultural properties "in the Kanmon area" and the symposium was fruitful. Finally, Mr. YANAGI Jun, Director of the Center for Regional Co-creation, Shimonoseki City University, closed the session.

<Part 1: Research Report for FY2018>

　1) Research on the awareness of community support activities by elderly workers - Based on the case of Yamaguchi Prefecture
　　　Toshimitsu Nanba (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shimonoseki City University)
　　　Kei Sakamoto (Associate Professor, Kitakyusyu City University Foundation Education Center)

　2) Analysis of the status quo for two years after the certification of the Japanese heritage “Kanmon” Nostalgic “Strait”
　　　Hiroshi Minami (Professor, Institute for Regional Strategy, Kitakyusyu City University)

• Click here for the results of each report (Kanmon Area Studies Vol.28)

<Part 2 Symposium>

Theme “Possibility of Regional Revitalization Utilizing Cultural Properties” in the Kanmon Region

Panelist:
　Toshihiko Kuroki (President and CEO of JR Kyushu Station Hotel Ogura Co., Ltd.)
　Yuki Fujimoto (Chief, Cultural Property Protection Division, Education Department, Shimonoseki City Board of Education)
　Keiko Tomari (Chief of Tourism Division, Tourism Division, Tourism Industry and Fisheries Promotion Department, Kitakyushu City Industry and Economic Affairs Bureau)
　Yumi Fukuda (4th year Department of International Commerce Faculty of Economics, Shimonoseki City University)
　Yusuke Minami (Kitakyusyu City University Regional Revitalization Group Regional Revitalization Studies 4 years)
Coordinator:
　South　 　　Hiro (Professor, Institute for Regional Strategy, Kitakyusyu City University)

[Published date: July 29, 2019]

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