Rethinking Environmental Tourism : The Case of Miyama, Kyoto Prefecture(<Special Issue>New Trends of Tourism/Migration in Japan and Beyond)

• DOSHITA Megumi

  Kanazawa Seiryo University

Abstract

In environmental tourism, resources are created by tourists appreciating and enjoying specific combinations of natural and cultural elements. These resources can be understood as landscapes, which form sets of subjectively constructed images of nature. In Japan, one popular type of landscape is satoyama which, after national discussion of the range of its environmental meanings, has become a term used for a whole set of rural environments. This preferred landscape is recognized as a potential resource for environmental tourism in Japan. The case of Miyama, Kyoto Prefecture, exemplifies the role played by this type of landscape in environmental tourism practices. This paper analyses tourism practices in three villages in Miyama where it can be seen that tourism is a catalyst for actualizing local revitalization and that satoyama is a feature of this actualization.

Journal

• Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology

  Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology 10 (0), 65-76, 2009

  Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology

Keywords

• Environmental tourism
• landscape
• satoyama
• Miyama Town

Details

• CRID: 1390282680764320768
• NII Article ID: 110007593114
• DOI: 10.14890/jrca.10.0_65
• ISSN: 24240494
• ISSN: 24325112
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed