Date : September 12, 2025
Video Report: Protecting Japan’s Festivals (Prof. Satoru Ishigaki, Associate Professor, Faculty of Tourism and Community Development, Kokugakuin University)
post date : 2025.09.12
The FPCJ has invited Prof. Satoru Ishigaki, an associate professor at Kokugakuin University who has spent many years observing festivals throughout Japan, researching and recording their historical background and cultural significance while looking into their changing roles in local communities, to discuss protecting Japan’s festivals. While covering the modern issues facing festivals, he will discuss sustainable festivals, new ways for festivals to involve local residents, youth, and tourists, and positive case studies from throughout Japan.
■ Date & Time: 14:00-15:30, Friday, September 12, 2025
■ Theme: Protecting Japan’s Festivals
■Briefer: Prof. Satoru Ishigaki, Associate Professor, Faculty of Tourism and Community Development, Kokugakuin University
■Language: Japanese, with consecutive English interpretation
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