Five\u00a0St. Olaf students created this website as a part of our\u00a0summer research project, “Eco-tourism in Japan.” It is not\u00a0an official tourism website for Kitakata City. Our goal was\u00a0to aid Kitakata City tourism officials and community leaders\u00a0by\u00a0providing both new, engaging content\u00a0that lets English-language readers learn about this exciting part of Japan.<\/h4>\nAny and all content produced on this website is the property of the students and professors who created it. With our permission, Kitakata officials and residents may use information and media\u00a0from\u00a0this website\u00a0in their own official webpages or social media accounts.<\/h4>\nIf you wish to learn more about\u00a0why we created this\u00a0content, please read our\u00a0market report, which\u00a0brings\u00a0evidence to bear in support of this sort of web-based marketing effort.<\/h4>\nAuthors & Acknowledgements<\/h1>\nSt. Olaf students Robby Hanson, Anders Cologne, Caitlin Connell, Iris Burbank, and Chenchen Xu and\u00a0Professors Kathy Tegtmeyer Pak (Asian Studies<\/a>) \u00a0and Sian Muir (Management Studies<\/a>) produced this project. A special thanks to St. Olaf College’s\u00a0CURI program<\/a> and the “Asia and the Environment” project<\/a>, funded by the Luce Initiative on\u00a0Asian Studies and the Environment<\/a>,\u00a0for supporting our\u00a0summer research on\u00a0this complex and fascinating topic.<\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
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Top: Tsunenori Yamaguchi (guide), Chenchen Xu, Anders Cologne, Robby Hanson, Iris Burbank, Sian Muir
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Top: Tsunenori Yamaguchi (guide), Chenchen Xu, Anders Cologne, Robby Hanson, Iris Burbank, Sian Muir
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Top: Tsunenori Yamaguchi (guide), Chenchen Xu, Anders Cologne, Robby Hanson, Iris Burbank, Sian Muir
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