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

<Part 1 FY2018 Research Report>

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

　2) Analysis of the current situation for two years after the recognition of the Japanese heritage "Kanmon" nostalgic" Strait.
　　　Hiroshi Minami (Professor, Regional Strategy Institute, Kitakyusyu, City University)

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

<Part 2 Symposium>

Theme "Possibility of Regional Revitalization Utilizing Cultural Properties" in the Kanmon Area

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, Regional and Tourism Industry, Fisheries Promotion Department, Kitakyushu City Industry and Economic Affairs Bureau)
　Yumi Fukuda (4th year, Department of International Commerce, Faculty of Economics, Shimonoseki City University)
　Minami Yusuke (Kitakyusyu City University Regional Revitalization Group, Regional Revitalization, 4th year)
Coordinator:
　South　 　　Hiroshi (Professor, Regional Strategy Institute, Kitakyusyu, City University)

[Date of publication: 2019.7.29]

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