Yesterday was the concluding event of the 2012 Field Studies in Japan module.
On Friday afternoon, the Japan Creative Centre hosted “Sustainable Places: Tourism and the Environment in Japan”, in which I and all 13 student participants shared our experiences in Kyushu.
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Director of the Japan Creative Centre, provided the opening remarks. Then I provided an overview of the field studies module, explaining how excited I was to introduce “my Japan” to NUS students.
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Director, Japan Creative Centre
Here are the presentation titles:
| Perlyn Long | Sustainable Development: Mission Impossible? |
| Tian Jia Qi | Sustainability and Aging |
| Maimunah Nokman | Sustainability: For Self and for Others |
| Michelle Tan | Sustainability in Japan: Power to the People |
| Eddie Ong | Environmental Efforts vs CommercialInterests |
| Lynn Yeo | Ecotourism Through Fun and Experience |
| Charlyn Ang | Kyushu: A triple-distilled gaze on ecotourism |
| James Goh | Sustainability & Eco-tourism: Insights from Kyushu, Japan |
| Sakinah Mohd Khalid | Negotiating the Tourist Need & the Environment |
| Adeline Chua | The Individual in ‘Eco-friendly’: Sustainable Tourism in Rural Revitalisation |
| Thai Jiin-Shiuan | Sustainability in Minamata- The past, present and future |
| Neo Pei Jun | Sustainability and Tourism Through My Eyes |
| Titus Teo | Minamata: A Case of Environmental Sustainability |
After the JCC event (2012 Field Studies to Japan module participants, from left to right: Jiin-Shiuan Thai, James Goh, Eddie Ong, Maimunah Nokman, Perlyn Long, Lynn Yeo, Adeline Chua, Pei Jun Neo, Jia Qi Tian, Charlyn Ang, Titus Teo, Michelle Tan, Sakinah Mohd Khalid, and Chris McMorran. Not pictured: graduate assistant Huijun Yao)