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Rural Tourism As a Means to Mitigate Economic Disparity in Japan International Geographic Union Pre‐Conference Symposium Contents 22‐25 August 2012, Trier (Germany) • ItIntro duc tion Rural Tourism as a Means to Mitigate • 1. Literature Reviews Related to Tourism for Economic Disparity in Japan Regional Revitalization • 2. Yamaguchi Prefecture Data Munehiko ASAMIZU • 3. UbUrban‐RlRural EhExchanges in YhiYamaguchi Prefecture Graduate School of East Asian Studies, • 4. A Case of RlRural TiTourism at YhiYamashiro Dis tr ic t in Yamaguchi University, Japan Iwakuni City • Conclusion • References Introduction • As an alternative solution, the Japanese government is looking at the importance of • This paper is an examitiination of case stditudies urban‐rural exchange. related to specified local tourism, especially in • One typical example is rural tourism in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. dltidepopulating areas. • Due to the centralization of economic activity in • As Yamaguchi Prefecture has both urban areas Tokyo, depopulation and the loss of industry have and rural areas, urban‐rural exchanges have been been serious problems in rural towns and villages popular there. in Japan since the 1960s. • In addition, rural areas are facing depopulation • Several comprehensive National Development and aging. Plans have been implemented by the Japanese government to fhfight rural dldepopulation, but they • Workforces of university students, often made up have not been effective. of volunteers, are also useful. N 1. Literatu re Reeesviews Reeatedlated to Hokkaido Tourism for Regional Revitalization Kyoto Hiroshima • For many developed or industrialized countries, Yam aguchi the dltidepopulation of rural areas may be a Fukuoka common problem. Tokyo • Building on the experiences of some European Osaka countries, Japanese researchers have brought new ideas to rural areas in Japan (Yamazaki 2005: 0 200km 32‐39, Tomikawa 2006: 161‐164, Kubota and Minetoshi 2011: 205‐208). Map of Japan’s Prefectures 2. Yamaguchi Prefecture Data • At the same time, the redevelopment of industrialized areas as tourist destinations is • Yamaguchi Prefecture is located at the far also important. western end of Honshu Island. • Old factories, stockyards and mines, especially • Two major neighboring prefectures are in the UK, US and Germany, are often Fukuoka Prefecture in the west and Hiroshima redeveloped as museums, amusement parks, Prefecture in the east. shopping centers, cafes and souvenir shops • Yamaguchi Prefecture is also at the center of (Mizoo 2003: 74‐82, Nishiyama 2006: 157‐ an active transportation network (high‐speed 160). railway, major highways etc). Chugoku Region Hiroshima • Yamaguchi Prefecture’s south coast is an N Shimane urbanized area. • Meanwhile, the inland areas and some parts of the north coast of YhiYamaguchi PftPrefecture are Yam aguchi O kayam a primarily rural. Fukuoka • Like other remote cities in Japan, some cities in Yamaguchi Prefecture annexed rural areas during the Great Merging of Municipalities (Heisei no Ehime Daigappei ) around 2006, and some cities in Oita Yamaguchi Prefecture now contain urban areas 050km and rural areas in the same municipality. • Rural areas are also called Chusankan Chiiki in • Most Chusankan Chiiki areas are facing Japanese, a term that includes agriculture and depopulation and aging issues. forest areas. • Depopulation especially hits the younger • The ttltotal popultilation in YhiYamaguchi PftPrefecture in generation, and has resulted in the closure of 2010 was approximately 1,451,000 across 6,114 elementary and junior high schools in Chusankan km2, whlhile the population in Chkhusankan Chkhiiki Chiiki in Yamaguchi Prefecture. areas was 367,000 spread across 4,220 km2 • In 1991, there were 200 elementary schools in (Yamaguchi Ken 2011a: 10). Chusankan Chiiki in Yamaguchi, and as of 2010 • In other words, Chusankan Chiiki cover a vast that number has fallen to 150 (Yamaguchi Ken: area with less population. 2011a: 22). 3. Urban‐Rural Exchanges in • Three years later, Yamaguchi Prefecture published a Yamaguchi Prefecture green tourism manual that covered farmers’ • To mitiga te dltidepopulation in rural areas, the restaurants, farmers’ markets, tourism farms and Japanese government established several farmers’ inns (Yamaguchi Ken 1997: 20‐24). resettlement plans, most of which were not very • This manual also introduced some green tourism effective. case studies in Towa Town (now Suo Oshima Town), Aga Town (now Iwakuni City), Nishiki Town (now • Instead of settlers, the Japanese government now IkiIwakuni City ), Kumage Town (now Shunan City ) and realizes the important role that can be played by Ato Town (now Yamaguchi City). population exchanges. • According to this manual, farmers in Yamaguchi • Green tourism is an already established attraction Prefecture already received 224 visiting high school that draws urban people to rural areas students between 1989 and 1996 via an official farm temporarily, so the Japanese government stay promotion program (called Koukousei Nouka established the Green Tourism Law in 1994. Home Stay Suishin Jigyou). • There are two types of farm stays for students in • Urban‐rural exchanges involving university Yamaguchi Prefecture. students (Faculty of Agriculture, Education etc) • One is for elementary school students in and around are availa ble. Yamaguchi Prefecture. • Yamaguchi Prefecture also understands the • As the southern coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture is itimportance of sttduden t activ ities in rural areas. urbanized, the rural lifestyle is new to these students. • The prefectural government established a • Another is for high school and junior high school projtject to support sttduden t activ ities for rural students from all over Japan, especially from Osaka revitalization (Chusankan Chiiki Genki Soushutsu and TkTokyo. Wakamono Katsudo Shien Jigyou) in 2011. • Some municipalities in Yamaguchi Prefecture, • Seven universities and one college of ildiincluding Suo OhiOshima Town, are alldready successffllully technology joined this support program in 2011 inviting rural tourists from urban schools. (Yamaguchi Ken 2011b: web). DVD Filming 4. A Case of Rural Tourism at Iwakuni City (October 29, 2011) Yamashiro District in Iwakuni City • Like other cities in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Iwakuni was divided into an urban area (old Iwakuni on the coastal side) and rural areas including Yamashiro District (which was the former Nishiki Town, Hongou Village, Mikawa Town and Miwa Town). • One of the sub‐districts, Nishiki‐chou (formerly Nis hiki T)Town), establis he d an NPO (Non PfiProfit Organization) called “Hot Nishiki” in 2006. • This organization, along with a related experience & exchange center, operates tourist attractions that include canoeing, fishing, local cooking, and farming. • This student support program assists local people • Using Yamaguchi Prefecture’s support by providing volunteer workers. program in 2011, students from the FlFaculty of • As outdoor activities require some assistance to Economics, Yamaguchi University visited maintain safety for the children, voluntary Yamashiro District to assist with rural assistants are important workers in depopulated excursion programs organiorganizedzed by local districts. residents. • As Yamashiro District is dealing with aging demoggpraphics , university students also help by • In 2011, a group of 19 stdtuden ts from the serving as liaisons between elderly residents and faculty of Economics visited Yamashiro District yygounger visitors (g(high school, junior high school using the prefectural support budget. and elementary school students). Lifeguard Training Former Aga Elementary School Iwakuni City (May 11, 2011) Iwakuni City, July 2011 Cooking • However, the Faculty of Economics student group Experience has some disadvantages. about Local • To understand a particular place, repeated visits Food are necessary. • Though 19 university students joined this Yamashiro project, only 9 volunteered to repeat the experience. • To communicate with local people, longer visiting hours are helpful. • Iwakuni City, July 2011 • However, only 4 university students out of 9 stayed overnight in Yamashiro District. Conclusion • A group of 11 second‐year university students • As in other rural areas, rural tourism in Yamaguchi enrolled in an introductory internship class called Prefecture is vital to mitigating the economic gap “Project Seminar I” during the Yamashiro project. between urban and rural residents. • However, as most Yamaguchi University classes • As rural areas in Yamaguchi are facing depopulation are semester‐based, activities that cross and aging, workforces of university students are semesters reduce student motivation. quite useful. • School excursions programs (especially for high • Economics students of Yamaguchi University present school students) to the Yamashiro District are possibilities of expanding the menu and increasing held on weekdays, but second‐year university destinations, and Yamashiro project is worth students also have a lot of classes during continuing. weekdays, making it hard to work the excursions into their schedules. References • Kawashima, Chiaki (2006): Tourism ni yoru Chiiki no Saikasseika. In: Nihon Kankou Kenkyu Gakkai • Urban school excursions (for high school, Zenkoku Taikai Gakujyutu Ronbunshu 21, p.165‐168 • Kubota and Minetoshi (2011): Kaso Chiiki ni okeru Shudan toshite no Kankou Shinkou. In: Nihon Kankou Kenkyu Gakkai Zenkoku Taikai Gakujyutu Ronbunshu 26, p.205‐208 junior high school and elementary school • MAFF (= the Ministry of Agriculture, Forest
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