Undergraduate students are admitted to the Faculty of Humanities, Nagoya University, and can receive guidance by joining the Geography Course from the second year. For details, please refer to Admissions of Undergraduate Program.

The following is written mainly for those who wish to study geography in graduate school under my guidance. International students who wish to receive guidance in Japanese should read the page for 入学希望者向けのページ, in advance.

Applicants for the Graduate School

The Information Session at the Graduate School of Environmental Studies (GSES), Nagoya University is held in every May. Please check GSES website for detail. The graduate school entrance examinations are held twice a year (Term I: August and term II: February), and the admission period is also twice a year (April and October). International students who are unable to attend the information session may request an in-person or online interview if desired. Please consult with me before applying.

International students wishing to apply will be considered only if a research proposal is attached. As a matter of personal policy, however, I do not actively accept international students who have not studied geography or related fields in undergraduate level. I receive many e-mails from international students who studied Japanese language at the undergraduate level, but I do not reply to e-mails with only CVs attached..

Prospective applicants should check the Admissions of the GSES. The International Office of the GSES provides various information for prospective students in English.

Research Supervision

The research areas that I can accept as a supervisor are cultural geography conducted using approaches such as cultural ecology, political ecology, and social ecological systems (SESs); geography of agriculture, forestry and fisheries; tourism geography; biosophia studies (studies on the relationship between humans and living things); material culture studies; and food culture studies.

The following are the research themes of the graduate students I have supervised at Nagoya University since 2009. Please refer to them for your information. [M: Master, D: Doctor]

2026/03 (D)

IWATSUKI Kengo "Human–Organism–Environment Relationships of Spider-Fighting Traditions in Japan" [JSPS PD＠The University of Osaka]

2025/03 (D)

NANGONG Zhina "Diversity of Overseas Package Tours in East Asia"

2025/03 (M)

KOJIMA Rina "De-territorialization of Persian Carpets:Focusing on the Gabbeh Boom after the 1980s"

2024/03 (M)

ABE Shuhei "Landscape Improvement in Hakuba Village, Nagano Prefecture: Focusing on Residents' Agreement and External Images"

2024/03 (M)

ZHANG Yaxue "Grain-for-Green" Policy and Livelihood Change in the Loess Plateau"

2024/03 (M)

NAKAJIMA Yu "Decline and Existence of Drive Hunting in Kochi Prefecture"

2024/03 (M)

MITSUI Yuki "The Relationship between Tumpangsari and Religion of Smallholders in North Bali, Indonesia"

2023/03 (M)

HAYASHI Karin "Significance of MPS-ABC Certification in the Japanese Flower Industry"

2022/03 (M)

IWATSUKI Kengo "Human-nature Interaction of the Jumping Spider Fighting Tradition in Yokohama City"

2022/03 (M)

MAEDA Yusuke "The Spatial Extent of Workers for Forest Management in Tokyo Metropolitan Forest Owners' Cooperative"

2021/03 (D)

MATSUI Ayumu "Geographical Study on Transformations and Adaptation Processes of Small-Scale Fishery Regions in Contemporary Japan [JSPS DC1]

2020/03 (D)

PHOUYYAVONG Khamphou "Swidden-based Smallholder Livelihoods under Marketization in Northern Laos" [Nagoya University Asian Satellite Campuses Institute]

2020/03 (M)

NISHIO Satsuki "Invasive Alien Species as a Social Entity: A Case Study of Apple Snail in Agricultural Sector"

2020/03 (M)

YANAGIDA Kenichiro "Study on Fermented Fish Food Production in Northeast Thailand: Focusing on the Emergence of Commercial Production after Economic Growth"

2019/09 (D)

NGUYEN Thi Hong Ngoc "Livelihood Structure Changes in the Northwestern Mountainous Region of Vietnam" [VIED (Vietnam International Education Development) Scholarship]

2019/03 (D)

SAKITA Seishiro "Local Diversity of Small-scale Fisheries Management in Japan" [JSPS DC2, PD@National Museum of Ethnology]

2018/03 (M)

KITAYAMA Masayuki "The Movement of Inbound Tourists and Promotions of Wide Area Tourism: The Case of SHORYUDO in Central Japan"

2018/03 (M)

MATSUI Ayumu "The Structure of Household Fisheries from the Perspective of Livelihood Portfolios in Noto-jima Island, Japan"

2015/09 (D)

INGXAY Phanxay "Changes in Upland and Lowland Peoples' Livelihood in Northern Laos" [Nagoya University G-COE Program]

2015/03 (M)

GONDA Yoshimichi "Livelihood Strategies of Tibetan Refugees in Rural Western Nepal"

2014/09 (M)

SAKITA Seishiro "Small-scale Coastal Fisheries and Community-based Management of the Fishery Grounds: A Case of Kushimoto in Southern Kii Peninsula, Japan"

2013/03 (M)

SAKASHITA Yui "The Social-geographical Actor Networks of Draft Horse Festivals in Hokkaido, Japan"

2012/03 (M)

OOi Takashi "A Study on Contract Farming of Cucumber in Rural Central Lao PDR"