INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY
Institute for International Studies
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Name
Izumi Morimoto
@Present Position

Professor, Meiji Gakuin University

Specialty
Geography
Education
Bachelor of Arts. Ochanomizu University in Tokyo, JAPAN, 1993
Degree of MA: Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu            University in Tokyo, 1995
Degree of Ph.D.: Human Geography. Graduate School of Humanities and @  @@          Sciences, Ochanomizu University in Tokyo, 2001

Publications

Major publications related to Nepalese studies:
 1998
  Activities of Ethnic Entrepreneurs in the Formation of a Regional Tourist Area in Pokhara, Nepal (in Japanese), Geographical Review of Japan, 71A-4, pp.272-293
 
1998   The Commoditization of Culture and Tibetan Identity in International Tourism, A Case of a Tibetan family in Pokhara, Nepal (in Japanese), Journal of Humanities and Culture, No.1, pp.35-43
1999
  A History of a Tourist Area, Thamel in Kathmandu of Nepal (in Japanese), in Annals of Ochanomizu Geographical Society, No.41. pp. 39-46
2000      From Wandering Minstrels to Migrant Workers: Involvement of the Nepalese Music Caste, Gandharbas, in International Tourism (in Japanese), Bulletin of the Institute for the Culture of Travel, No.9, pp. 161-171
2001   
  International Tourism and Geographical Images of Nepal (in Japanese), PhD Dissertation submitted to the Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University in Tokyo
2002   
  Adaptation of the Gandharbas to Growing International Tourism in Nepal (in English), in Journal of the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies, No.14, pp.68-91
2007   
 The Development of Local Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of a Tourist Area, Thamel in Kathmandu, Ishii, Gellner, Nawa eds. Nepalis Inside and Outside Nepal: Political and Social Transformations, Manohar, Delhi@(forthcoming)
Contact Address
Faculty of International Studies, Meijigakuin University, 1518 Kamikurata, Totsuka, Yokohama, 244-8539 JAPAN
Phone +81-45-863-2098