Researcher Database - YAJIMA IWAO | Kobe Gakuin University

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YAJIMA IWAO

Department / Course

Kobe Gakuin University The Faculty of Humanities and Sciences Department of Humanities

Job Professor

Academic background
1987/04～1991/03	Department of History and Geography Faculty of Letters Kansai University Graduated
1993/04～1995/03	Master Program Geography Graduate School of Letters Kansai University Finished
1995/04～2000/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) Kansai University Expired with Credits Obtained
2009/03/04 Degree Acquisition	Kansai University Doctor of Letters

Business career
1991 ～ 1992	Daimaru Fujii Co. Ltd.
2000/04 ～ 2025/03	Part-time Lecturer Kansai University
2001/04 ～ 2008/03	Part-time Lecturer Nara Sangyo University
2004/04 ～ 2014/03	Part-time Lecturer Osaka Sangyo University
2006/04 ～ 2008/03	Part-time Lecturer Momoyama Gakuin University
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Book and thesis
2026/07	Books	Geography of Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe the 2nd edition: using maps (Co-authored)
2026/03/31	Papers	Inheriting History of Mikazuki Domain Noino Jin-ya ruins in Sayo Town, Hyogo Prefecture Hyogo-Chiri (Hyogo Geographical Journal),pp.173-189 (Co-authored)
2026/02/28	Papers	Issues in industry-government-academia collaborative research in Tatsuno Castle Town, Tatsuno City, Hyogo Prefecture Report of Study and Activity, 2025 BY, Center for Area Research and Development, Kobe Gakuin University,pp.21-28 (Sole-authored)
2025/12/25	Books	Dictionary of Historical Geography,pp.240-241 (Co-authored)
2025/02/28	Papers	Issues in managing third-grade seminar in the Akashi City Bus Promotion Project Report of Study and Activity, 2024 BY, Center for Area Research and Development, Kobe Gakuin University,pp.47-54 (Sole-authored)
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Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
2019 ～ 2022	Study on "Local Self-Portrait" of Akashi: Tracing its historical transition Scientific Research （C)
2014/08 ～ 2015/03	Compiling the survey for editing "Tameike Monogatari(Tale of Irrigation Pond in Awaji I.)" Other grants and subsidy
2014 ～ 2017	The Kuroshio (Japan Current) sea lane and its hinterland: a comparative regional study Scientific Research （B)
2010 ～ 2013	An Interdisciplinary Study on Cultural Interactions and Historical Ecology around the East China Sea and the Japan Sea Scientific Research （A)

Present specialized field
keyword(region, urban, rural, environment, water, forest, history)

Belonging society
	The Human Geographical Society of Japan
	The Association of Japanese Geographers
	Japanese Association for water resources and environment
	The Association of Historical Geographers in Japan
	The Hyogo Geographical Society
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Committee and society
2025 ～	Akashi Educational Training Center, Akashi City supervisor
2014 ～ 2016	Nakasaki Regional Management Orgnization, Akashi City chairperson of the History and Culture Committee
2014 ～	Comittee for Akashi-gaku, Akashi City Lifelong Learning Center committee member