Tohoku University Of Community Service And Science
Tourism and Community Design Program
Sakata, Japan
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
Japanese
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Apr 2027
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Tourism and Community Design programme sits in Shonai, Tohoku, at a new university founded on the "Koeki" idea prioritizing people and mind/heart. It teaches community design through tourism, society, and natural-environment perspectives; studies new tourism and exchange using local resources; and trains leaders to address shifts in social ethnography and support cultural exchange, welfare, and local economies.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as sustainable tourism planner, community development officer, cultural exchange coordinator, destination manager, heritage conservationist, local economic development specialist, social enterprise founder, policy advisor. They use skills in participatory planning, resource management, stakeholder engagement, and cultural mediation.
This course involves:
•Learning the expertise of community design with perspectives such as tourism, society, and natural environment
•Studies on the new tourism and exchange, and utilizing local resources
•Training to be leaders both in tourism and in community design
