14th International Conference of Historical Geographers 23–27 August 2009, Kyoto, Japan

FIELD TRIPS

Last revised on 12 August 2009

The full-day field trip (25 August 2009) and the post-conference trip (28–30 August 2009) will focus on the historical geographies of Kyoto and the neighbouring regions. Four options are available for the full-day field trip. The additional fee for the field trip is to be paid in advance, at the time of submission of the Enrolment Form (Adobe PDF). Please request for vegetarian meals in advance.

To participate in the full-day field trip, please specify your choice and preference rank with regard to the four options in the Enrolment Form (Adobe PDF). There will be one bus per field trip and each bus cannot accommodate more than 40 people. Please check whether the trip of your choice is open to registration when submitting your Enrolment Form.

The starting time and place of all field trips is at 8:30 a.m. at the main gate of Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University (location map). Questions on the field trips are welcome. You may e-mail them to ichg@bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp.

Full-day field trips (25 Aug 2009)

[Option A] All seats reserved (12 July 2009)

Kobe: History and industry of the modern port city

Excursion leaders: HASEGAWA Koji (Kobe University) and FUJITA Hirotsugu (Kobe University)

[Option B] All seats reserved (12 August 2009)

Kyoto, 794-2009: Historical landscapes of the capital

Excursion leaders: TOMATSURI Yumio (Nara Women’s University), YAMAMURA Aki (Aichi Prefectural University), and UESUGI Kazuhiro (Kyoto Prefectural University)

[Option C] All seats reserved (15 April 2009)

Nara: The ancient capital celebrating its 1,300th anniversary in 2010

Excursion leaders: KAWAGUCHI Hiroshi (Tezukayama University) and KOMEIE Taisaku (Kyoto University)

[Option D] All seats reserved (11 June 2009)

Lake Biwa: Transformation of the cultural landscape

Excursion leaders: KINDA Akihiro (National Institutes for the Humanities) and SANO Shizuyo (Shiga University)

Post-conference field trip (28–30 Aug 2009)

All seats reserved (20 June 2009)

Central Mountainous Japan: Traditional village life in the world heritage houses

Excursion leaders: MIZOGUCHI Tsunetoshi (Nagoya University) and YAMANE Hiroshi (University of Toyama)

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