[Faculty of Modern Social Studies] Participated in the Hyogo Japan Heritage Forum

On March 8th, the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art held the "Hyogo Japan Heritage Forum - Promoting new attractions through the Hyogo Field Pavilion," and in the second part of the workshop, Associate Associate Professor Ebi Ryohei of the Department of Tourism and Regional Management Faculty of Modern Social Studies acted as the facilitator, and five students from his seminar also participated. The forum was held with the aim of encouraging people working in each region (government, companies, etc.) to think together about the theme of promoting regional cooperation through the nine Japan Heritage sites in the prefecture and promoting the attractions of the region in anticipation of the Osaka-Kansai Expo.

In the first panel discussion, one coordinator and four panelists took to the stage to discuss the current situation and future issues of each group, with the theme of "Efforts to utilize and polish the content after the Japan Heritage designation." In the second workshop, participants were divided into 10 groups to share the efforts of each local resource, identify issues, share solutions and success stories to the issues, strengthen horizontal connections between each group, and promote collaboration with other industries (travel agencies, students, etc.). They exchanged opinions on "Efforts and issues of each group" and "New developments toward the Osaka-Kansai Expo." At the end, each group made a presentation led by the facilitator. It seems that the seminar students were able to propose opinions and ideas that made use of their experience with the city walking map from the perspective of students studying tourism.

Hyogo Prefecture has the most number of Japan Heritage sites in the country, with nine. It is expected that these sites will serve as tourism assets and will be effective in attracting domestic and international tourists ahead of the Osaka-Kansai Expo to be held next year.

(Source: School Public Relations)