About HGSJ

  • August 2, 2011 [Last Modified: December 12, 2024]

Overview

The Human Geographical Society of Japan (HGSJ) was founded in 1948. It is one of the most important and influential geographical societies in Japan. The HGSJ is an organization with more than 1,000 members, consisting of geographers from various universities and research institutions, graduate and undergraduate students, teachers from secondary schools, and other devotees of geography who share a fascination with the subject and recognize its importance. As an academic society formally collaborating with the Science Council of Japan, it is committed to the dissemination of human geographic research and its promotion as a key discipline in education, research, and in the public and private sectors in Japan. For more than 70 years, the HGSJ has contributed to the advancement of human geography in Japan.

President and Councilors (as of the year 2024-26)

President

  • YANO Keiji (Ritsumeikan University)

Executive Councilors

  • Secretary, SHIMAZU Toshiyuki (Wakayama University)
  • Editor-in-Chief, KOMEIE Taisaku (Kyoto University)
  • Treasurer, MIKI Masafumi (Nara University)
  • Program and Public Relations Coordinator, YAMAZAKI Takashi (Osaka Metropolitan University)
  • Meeting Coordinator, SATO Ren’ya (Osaka University)

Councilors

  • FUJII Tadashi (Otemon Gakuin University)
  • FUJITSUKA Yoshihiro (Osaka Metropolitan University)
  • FUKUDA Tamami (Osaka Metropolitan University)
  • KAGAWA Takashi (Kyoto University of Education)
  • KOJIMA Yasuo (Kyoto University)
  • KOMEIE Taisaku (Kyoto University)
  • KUKIMOTO Mikoto (Kyoto University)
  • KUWATSUKA Kentaro (Ryukoku University)
  • MIKI Masafumi (Nara University)
  • ORO Kohei (Osaka University)
  • OSHIRO Naoki (Meiji University)
  • SATO Ren’ya (Osaka University)
  • SEKIDO Akiko (Gunma University)
  • SHIMAZU Toshiyuki (Wakayama University)
  • TSUCHIYA Jun (Kansai University)
  • YAMAGUCHI Satoshi (Kwansei Gakuin University)
  • YAMAMOTO Rika (Ritsumeikan University)
  • YAMAMURA Aki (Kyoto University)
  • YAMAZAKI Takashi (Osaka Metropolitan University)
  • YANO Keiji (Ritsumeikan University)
  • YOSHIDA Yoko (Nara Women’s University)

Auditors

  • AKIYAMA Michio (The University of Shiga Prefecture, Emeritus)
  • UCHIDA Tadayoshi (Setouchi Vocational College of Tourism)

*The Executive Board of Councilors consists of the President and the Executive Councilors.
*The Board of Councilors consists of the Councilors and the Auditors.

Office Address

The Human Geographical Society of Japan

Kinkichiho Hatsumei Center, 14 Yoshida-kawaracho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8305, JAPAN

E-mail: jimchi48[a]yahoo.co.jp (replace [a] with @)
Telephone: +81-75-751-7687 (+81: the country code of Japan)
Fax: +81-75-708-5515 (+81: the country code of Japan)

Join the HGSJ

MEMBERSHIP

Full member: Annual fee of 9,500 yen. Privileges include: Free subscription of Japanese Journal of Human Geography. Rights to submit papers to the journal. Rights to participate in the meetings of HGSJ. Rights to elect or to be elected President and Councilors of HGSJ. Rights to use the facilities of HGSJ.

Student discount: Undergraduate and graduate students can get the privilege of discount with the annual fee of 6,000 yen and enjoy all the privileges of full members.

HOW TO BE A FULL MEMBER OR A SUBSCRIBER

Please fill out an admission form and send it to the HGSJ office. After the society accepts your admission, please pay the annual fee (9,500 yen for a full member, 6,000 yen for student discount) in the form of cash or an international money order.

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