30 June 2013
Commission Sessions at KRC of IGU 2013 and the Commission’s Excursion
1. Commission Sessions at KRC of IGU 2013
C12.29: Marginalization, Globalization and Rejional and Local Response
Chair: Stanko Pelc, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia
Secretary: Walter Leimgruber, Fribourg University, Fribourg, Switzerland
Date: 4 August (Sunday) – 9 August (Friday)
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center (Subway Station: ”Kokusai Kaigi-jo”)
C12.29: Session1. Context and methodologies. Chair Stanko Pelc, Liaison Yasutaka Matsuo
C12.29: Session 2. Spatial and social responses. Chair Stanko Pelc, Liaison Yasutaka Matsuo
C12.29: Session 3. Rural areas, development dynamics, policy. Chair Stanko Pelc, Liaison Kim Doo-Chul(Joint Session with C12.35: Sustainability of Rural Systems)
5 August CS29-1 14:00-15:30 Room663 Dr Jeong, Dr Pelc, Dr Pual, Dr Kaminaga
CS29-3 16:00-17:30 Room663 Prof Leimgruber, Dr Makita, Prof Heffner, Prof Matsu
6 August CS29-4 8:00-9:30 Room 554 Dr Pelc, Prof McCleery, Prof Tykkylainen, Prof Nel
CS29-5 10:00-11:30 Room 554 Ms Kelly, Prof Nakatsuji, Dr Chang, Prof Matsuo
CS29-6 14:00-15:30 Room 554 Prof Churski, Prof Korec, Dr Matsushima
CS29-7 16:00-17:30 Room554 Dr Dolata, Dr Dominiak
CS29-2 17:30-19:00 Room663 Mr Nguyen, Ms Sugie, Prof Tsutsumi
2. Commission’s Excursion
First Plan: 9 August (Friday) - 11 August (Sunday). Kyoto-Gifu-Toyama-Kyoto by a chartered bus
Participation Fee: 40000 Japanese yen. Inclusive of the cost of bus, museums and facilities, accommodations
at the nights of 9 and 10 August, lunch and dinner of 9 August, breakfast and dinner of 10 August, breakfastand lunch of 11 August. I will make a charge for the participation fee on 9 August in Japanese yen.
Itineraries:
9 August.
8:00 Departure beside the entrance of APA Hotel.
10:40 Visit to the Museum of Mino Washi/Japanese paper. “Mino” is the ancient name of the south half
region of current Gifu prefecture. Observation, Experience of paper making, Lunch and Visit to a house andmill of the artisan, Masashi Sawamura. Until 13:50
14:40 Visit to the regional Development Bureau of Meiho District in Gujo municipality. Exchange with thehead of the office, dwellers and NGO members. Until 17:00
17:30 Stay at the Yshida-ya Hotel in the central area of Gujo-Hachiman Castle Town. As single rooms are
only three and others are twin rooms (two-bed rooms), I would like some single participants are ready tostay and share a twin room. Gujo-Hachiman is famous for the Bon dancing. After dinner (19:00) we willsightsee the townscape and enjoy the Bon dancing at “Imamachi” community.
On 9 August Prof Koichi Togashi, Gifu University will guide and tell us the promotion and exchange
activities practiced in and around the regions on our itineraries with goodwill.
10 August.
7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Walk and visit to the Hachiman Castle at the hilly site. Until 9:45.
10:00 Departure from Gujo-Hachiman Castle Town
11:00 Visit to “Miboro” rock-fill Dam and Reservoir. MIBORO Dam-side Park ”Miboro Electric Power Hall”.
174households (230 houses) were submerged and about 1,200people had to move. Until 11:45
12:30 Visit to “Shirakawa-go” traditional steep thatched roof houses (“Gassho”-style houses and settlement).
Free time until 14:30. World herirage. During it observation and lunch is to be enjoyed at will.
15:30 Visit to the Taira Local Museum in Nanto municipality, Toyama prefecture. Until 16:30
17:00 Stay at “Ainokura” settlement with traditional steep thatched roof houses (World heritage). A guest
house with traditional steep thatched roof named “Nakaya” is reserved by our group. Its manager, that is,the head of the household is the chief of the conservation group of “Ainokura” community. After dinner hewill tell us its local history. The bath is common. We can take a bath at any time until midnight. We mayneed to decide order when to take a bath.
11 August.
7:00 Breakfast. Free time until the Departure time at 8:30
9:30 Visit to Inami temple-gate town. Two hundred wood carvers live there. Visit to the temple, Exhibitionof wood carving, Lunch. Until 12:30.
13:00 Visit to the Tonami Museum. Tonami Region is famous for dispersed settlements. The observationsite named “Yumeno-daira” commands a good view of dispersed settlements. The head of the Tonami
Museum, Masao Shindo will show us the structure and elements of an “Einödhof” of a dispersed settlement
at his house. Until 16:00
17:00 First break-up point in front of the Toyama JR station. (For those who go to Tokyo)
18:30 Second break-up point in front of the Kanazawa JR station
22:00 Final break-up point in front of the Kyoto JR station
Alternative Plan: 9 August (Friday) - 12 August (Monday). Kyoto-Gifu-Toyama-Ishikawa-Kyoto by achartered bus
Participation Fee: 55000 Japanese yen. Inclusive of the cost of bus, museums and facilities, accommodations
at the nights of 9 and 11 August, lunch and dinner of 9 August, breakfast and dinner of 10 August, breakfast
and lunch and dinner of 11 August, breakfast of 12 August.
Itineraries:
From 9 August to the evening of 11 August: same as the First Plan.
11 August.
18:30 Stay at a hotel in Kanazawa city. Dinner in downtown
12 August.
7:00 Breakfast
8:30 Visit to Kenroku-en garden Until 10:00.
11:45 Visit to Wajima. Free time until 13:30. Street stalls, Lunch
13:30 Visit to a Lacquer, Masao Matsumoto at his lacquer-ware house with goods on display. Until 14:45.
15:15 Visit to Senmaida, terraced paddy fields. Beautiful agricultural landscape. Until 16:15.
18:00 First break-up point in front of the Takaoka JR station. (For those who go to Tokyo)
22:00 Final break-up point in front of the Kyoto JR station
I would like to ask you which you prefer, First Plan or Alternative Plan.
Note)1. When First Plan gets a majority, those who will stay in Kanazawa at the night of 11 August probably
get off the bus near the Kanazawa JR station.
2. When Alternative Plan makes the majority, those who would return to Kyoto/Osaka on 11 August need toreturn by themselves from the Kanazawa JR station.
If you have some questions, please ask me without hesitation.
3. Others
I send this letter to all the participants and the persons who sent me emails regarding the excursions andevents of C12.29.
I would like the participants in the excursion to send me back your answer at your earliest convenience on
the question which do you prefer, First Plan or Alternative Plan?
After sending this email, I will send an email respectively in order to inform the participants of the mattersthey are concerned individually (e.g. Stay at the APA Hotel, the way to pay the participation fee, and so on)
and make clear what are still vague and answer the questions by those who asked me regarding theexcursion and his/her stay in Kyoto/Japan.
If you have questions, please ask me without hesitation. My email address is matsuo@isc.senshu-u.ac.jp.