Doctor of Engineering
Distinguished Professor of Osaka Prefecture University; Research Institute for Tourism Industry
Special Adviser to Osaka Prefectural Government
Special Adviser to Osaka City Government
Vice-President of Japan Academy of Eventology
Vice Chairman of The City Vitalization Committee ; The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Vice Chairman of The Tourism Committee ; The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Education
- March 1984
- Graduate from Kyoto University School of Architecture
- March 1986
- Master's degree from Kyoto University Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering
- March 1990
- Doctor of Engineering from Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering, Environmental Engineering
Exprience
- April 1990
- Instructor of Kyoto Seika University School of Humanities
- April 1995
- Associate professor of Kyoto Seika University School of Humanities
- April 1998
- Director of Kyoto Seika University Research Center for Creation as an additional post
- April 1999
- Associate professor of Osaka City University School of Literature & Human Sciences
- April 2001
- Associate professor of Osaka City University Graduate School of Literature & Human Sciences
- April 2006
- Professor of Osaka City University Graduate School of Urban Research Plaza and hold an additional post in graduate school
- April 2008
- Professor of Osaka Prefecture University and president of Research Institute for Tourism Industry
Exprience
The present posts
Senior Professor of Osaka Prefecture University ; Research Institute for Tourism Industry
Senior Adviser of Osaka Prefectural Government
Senior Adviser of Osaka City Government
Vice-president of Japan Academy of Eventology, Trustee of Japan Academy of IR & Gaming Studies
Trustee of Nippon Display Federation
Member of deliberation council of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation and Some other official posts
Awards
- 1996
- Mineo Hashimoto Prize
- 1997
- Award form Japan Display Design Association
- 2005
- Merit award of Energy-Forum
- 2009
- Osaka Vital Grand Prix Special Prize
- 2015
- Award form Japan Institute of Tourism Reseach
- 2016
- Award form The City Planning Institute of Japan
- 2017
- Award form Architectural Institute of Japan
Works(Major books)
"Kurabu to Nipponjin/Hito ga Atsumaru Kuukan no Bunkashi,"(Club and Japanese/ Cultural History of Space for gathering) Gakugei Shuppan Sha Co.Ltd,1988
"Shouto no Kosumoroji/Osaka no Kukan Bunka,"(Cosmology of Merchant City/Space Culture in Osaka, TBS-Britannica, one of coauthers, 1990
"Meiji no Meikyutoshi,"(A Labyrinth City/The Amusument and Pleasure Spaces in Tokyo and Osaka) Heibonsha Limited,Publishers,Tokyo,1990
"Hakurankai Kenbutu,"(Visit to Expositions) Gakugei Shuppan Sha Co.Ltd, coauther with Sakuji Nakatani, 1990
"Kaiyutoshi/A-banriso-to no Kindai,"(The City of Oceanic Pleasure/The Modern Age of Urban Resort)Hakuji Sha, 1992
"Bakemonoyashiki," (A Haunted House/Playful Horror) Chuokoron Inc,1994
"KYOTO Renai Kuukan" Gakugei Shuppan Sha Co.Ltd, coauther,1994
"Osaka no Hygenryoku,"(Expression of Osaka) Parco Publishing, 1994
"Display 100nen no Tabi,"(A Travel of Display's 100 years" supervise,Nomura Co. Ltd. 1994
"Nigiwai wo tsukuru,"(Create Hustle and Bustle) Haseko Corporation, 1995
"Osaka Modan/Tu-tenkaku to Shinsekai,"(Osaka Modern/Tsuten-kaku and Shinsekai) NTT Publishing Co.Ltd.1996
"Shinsaibashisuji no Bunnkashi"(Cultural History of Shinsaibashisuji) Shinsaibasisuji Shoppimg center Promotion Association, supervise, 1997
"Seikimatu no Sakariba ko/Nigiwaino Shin Fukei,"(Stody of Decadent Busiet Quarters/New Sceneries of Amusements) Nikkei, coauther1997
"Naniwa no Shin-Meisho,"(New scenic spots in Naniwa)Toho Syupan Co.Ltd,1997
"Shukusai no "Nippon no Yuenchi,"(Japanese Amusement Park) Kodansha Co.Ltd,2000
"Jinsei ha Hakurankai/Nippon Rankai-ya Retuden,"(Life is an Exposition/A series of biographies of expositions' fellows)Syobunsha Co.Ltd,2001
"Tu-rizumu no bunka kenkyu,"(Curtural study of Tourism)Kyoto Seka University、editor,writer,2001
"Shukyakutoshi/Bunka no "Shikake"ga hito wo yobu,"(The city of gathering/How to draw people with cultural methods)Nikkei News Paper,2002
"Nankai Hawks ga attakoro,"(When Nankai Hawks was in Osaka) Kinokuniya Syoten Co.Ltd,coauther,2003
"Modan-toshi no tanjyo," (A birth of modern city)Yoshikawa Kobunkan Co.Ltd,,2003
"Osaka Shin・Nagaya gurashi no susume,"(New life style of teraced houses in Osaka)Sogensya Co.Ltd,editor,writer,2004
"Tobita Hyakuban/Yukaku no zansho,"(Tobita Hyakuban/An afterglow of a licensed quater)Sogensya Co.Ltd, chief editor,2004
"Hikoki to Sozoryoku/Tubasa eno passion,"(Aeroplane and Imagination/Passion for the wings) Seidosya Co.Ltd,2004
"Osaka-ryoku jiten,"(The dictionary of power of Osaka) Sogensya Co.Ltd, chief editor,2004
"Bessatu Taiyo/Nippon no Hakurankai,"(a separate volume of Taiyo,Japanese expositions) Hwibonsya Co.Ltd,chief editor,2005
"Bankoku bikkuri Hakurankai,"(A world astonish fair) Daiwa Syobo Co.Ltd、chief editor,2005
"Nippon denka-shi,"(History of electrification in Japan) Nihon Denki Kyokai、editor,writer,2005
"Attakamoshirenai Nippon"(Unbuilt Japan),Kinokuniya Syoten Co.Ltd 2005
"Ehagaki no 100 nen,"(Picture postcards in 100 years) Asahi Shimbun,2006
"Modanisumu no Nippon,"(Japan in modernism)Kadokawa Syoten,2006
"Osaka no hikidashi,"(Drawers of Osaka) Kajima Syupan Kai,chief editor,2006
and many more