KYUNGJAE JANG

Last Updated :2025/04/11

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor
E-mail
janghiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
Kyungjae Jang is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University. He holds a PhD and MA in tourism studies from Hokkaido University. Dr. Jang has conducted participatory research on transnational popular culture and tourism in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2018/04/01, 2020/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Associate Professor
  • 2017/04, 2018/03, Hokkaido University, Center for Media and Tourism Studies, Postdoctoral Researcher
  • 2016/04, 2017/03, Hokkaido University, Center for Advanced Tourism Studies, Postdoctoral Researcher
  • 2014/10, 2016/03, Hokkaido University, Office of International Affairs, Researcher

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hokkaido University, Graduate School of International Media, Communication and Tourism Studies, Doctoral Course of Tourism Creation, Japan, 2011/04, 2014/09
  • Hokkaido University, Graduate School of International Media, Communication and Tourism Studies, Master Course of Tourism Creation, Japan, 2009/04, 2011/03
  • Korea University, Faculty of Humanities, Korean History, Korea, 2001/03, 2005/02

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Tourism Studies, Hokkaido University
  • Master in Tourism Studies, Hokkaido University

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Integrated Arts and Sciences : Department of Integrated Global Studies : Integrated Global Studies
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program

Research Fields

  • Humanities;Philosophy;Tourism Studies

Research Keywords

  • Contents Tourism, Popular Culture, Regional Development

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Introduction to Tourism Studies
  2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Research Tutorial II
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Invitation to World Literature
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Tourism Studies
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Tourism Studies
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Invitation to Integrated Global Studies II
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Year, Graduation Thesis
  8. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Internship Orientation
  9. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Internship Reflection
  10. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Contemporary Issues in International Tourism I
  11. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Contemporary Issues in International Tourism II
  12. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Field Seminar in Contents Tourism I
  13. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Field Seminar in Contents Tourism II
  14. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Sustainable Tourism Development
  15. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Culture and Tourism Studies
  16. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study
  17. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. ★, Real in virtual or virtual in real? Intersecting virtual and real experience in open-world video games and heritage tourism, Journal of Heritage Tourism, 1-16, 20240307
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  2. Island studies and socio-economic development policies in East Asia, Island Studies Journal, 18(1), 226-247, 202305
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  3. Staging mediatized tourism places as imagined playscapes: The crucial role of a tour designer, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 1-6, 20221019
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  4. [Book Review] Dixit, S. K. (Ed.) (2020) Tourism in Asian Cities. London: Routledge., European Journal of Tourism Research, 31, 2-3, 20220209
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  5. [Book Review] Gamification in Tourism, Tourism Management, 90, 2022
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  6. ★, Constructing and Consuming Space in Detective Fiction Tourism: The Case of the Detective Conan Mystery Tour, The Journal of Popular Culture, 54(6), 1355-1370, 20211130
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  7. The Role of Contents in De/Re-contextualizing War Memories: Focusing on the Taiwanese fans' cases of Japanese PC game Kantai Collection. (In Korean), The Journal of Culture Contents, 21, 41-70, 20210430
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  8. Dark tourism as educational tourism: the case of 'hope tourism' in Fukushima, Japan, Journal of Heritage Tourism, 16(4), 481-492, 20210111
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  9. ★, Creating the sacred places of pop culture in the age of mobility: fan pilgrimages and authenticity through performance, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 18(1), 42-57, 20200128
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  10. ★, Tourism and local identity generated by NHK's morning drama: The intersection of memory and imagination in Kobe, East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, 5(2), 159-176, 20190801
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  11. ★, Between Soft Power and Propaganda: The Korean Military Drama Descendants of the Sun, Journal of War & Culture Studies, 12(1), 24-36, 201901
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  12. Book Review of "Tourist Distractions: Travel and Feeling in Transnational Hallyu Cinema", Annals of Tourism Research, 61, 272-273, 201611
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  13. Pop Culture Event as Contents Tourism: A case of Toyako Manga Anime Festa, International Journal of Contents Tourism, International Journal of Contents Tourism, 1(2), 45-52, 2016
  14. Introduction to the Anthropology of Contents Tourism: The Sacred Journey in Secular (Popular) Culture, Proceedings of The Fourth Tourism Summit, 37-43, 2016
  15. Content Tourism: Creation and Recreation of Traditional Festivals (in Chinese), Journal of Baise University, 29(4), 35-40, 201607
  16. The Significance of Cosplay in Contents Tourism and its Role in Regional Development. (In Korean), The Journal of Culture Contents, 6, 7-46, 20151231
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  17. Understandings the Mechanisms of TV Programs’ “Cross-border” by Children Television Programs: Case of Japanese “Super-sentai Series” in Korea, International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies,, 18, 49-68, 2014
  18. Multilayered Sense of Place in Tourism: Imaging place, performing place, Journal of Culture and Tourism Research, 15(2), 39-52, 2013
  19. Managing Cultural Tourism Resources and Authenticity of tourist experience: In case of Toyako Manga Anime Fest, International Journal of Culture and Tourism Research, 5(1), 11-23, 2012
  20. Transnational Home Anime: The Image of Family in Chibi Maruko-chan in East Asia, International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies, 15, 57-77, 2012
  21. Information Technology and Multi-interpretation of Cultural Resources: through the concept of augmented reality tourism, Proceedings of the International Conference on Tourism (ICOT2012), 218-228, 2012

Publications such as books

  1. 2024/09/30, Disconnection and continuity of war memories and battleship Yamato (Ch. 8) in Rudi Hartmad (Ed.) Tourism, Memorials and Landscapes of Violence: Remembering the Holocaust and the Pacific War, Routledge, 2024, 09, Scholarly Book, Single work, 9780367423582
  2. 2024/04/04, Media, Place and Tourism, Promoting Popular Culture (and) Tourism as National Policies, Routledge, 2024, 04, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Kyungjae Jang, Sangkyun Kim, 9781003320586, 288, 242-256
  3. 2024/03/12, Chapter 12: The homeland of Sanuki udon: unconsolidated placemaking processes in a food tourism destination, Handbook on Food Tourism, Edward Elgar Publishing, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Kyungjae Jang, Sangkyun Kim, Timo Thelen, 9781803924168, 328, 167-181
  4. 2022/03/31, Dark tourism as educational tourism: the case of 'hope tourism' in Fukushima, Japan, In R. K. Isaac (Ed.) Dark Tourism Studies., Routledge, 2022, 3, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Kyungjae Jang, Kengo Sakamoto, Carolin Funck, 9781032210995, 132, 10
  5. 2022/03/29, War as Entertainment and Contents Tourism in Japan, This book examines the phenomenon of war-related contents tourism throughout Japanese history, from conflicts described in ancient Japanese myth through to contemporary depictions of fantasy and futuristic warfare., Routledge, 2022, 3, Scholarly Book, Contributor, 9781032145679, Ch 3, 6, 13, 20
  6. 2020/07/08, The Routledge Companion to Media and Tourism (Eds: Maria Månsson, Annæ Buchmann, Cecilia Cassinger, and Lena Eskilsson), The Routledge Companion to Media and Tourism provides a comprehensive overview of the research into the convergence of media and tourism and specifically investigates the concept of mediatized tourism., Creative fandoms and the mediatized sacred sites, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Kyungjae Jang, Takayoshi Yamamura, 9781138366282, 452
  7. 2020/01/14, Contents Tourism and Pop Culture Fandom: Transnational Tourist Experiences (Eds: Takayoshi Yamamura, Seaton Philip), Contents Tourism and Religious Imagination, Scholarly Book, Others, Kyungjae Jang, 9781845417215, 12, 116-127
  8. 2017/03, Contents Tourism in Japan: Pilgrimages to "Sacred Sites" of Popular Culture, This book presents a comprehensive theoretical and historical overview of the phenomenon of contents tourism in Japan. Government, mass media, and scholarly interest in contents tourism is relatively new, and in its modern guise contents tourism behavior is closely associated with digital technology, the Internet, and social media., Cambria Press, 2017, 3, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Philip Seaton, Takayoshi Yamamura, Akiko Sugawa-Shimada, Kyungjae Jang, 9781604979732, 326

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Selling or Inheriting War History and Memories? Food as War Heritage and Tourism Resource, Kyungjae Jang, Takayoshi Yamamra, Ryo Koarai, Ayumu Kobayashi, Kyungjae Jang, Takayoshi Yamamra, Ryo Koarai, Ayumu Kobayashi, 2024 AAA Annual Meeting: Praxis, 2024/11/23, Without Invitation, English
  2. Transnational Dynamism of and Intercultural Dialogue on the Pop Culture of East Asia: Toward Constructing the History of the East Asian Region's Pop Culture, Kyungjae Jang, Takayoshi Yamamura, Ryo Koarai, Ting Wang, Qian Jin, Kyungjae Jang, Takayoshi Yamamura, Ryo Koarai, Ting Wang, Qian Jin, 2023 AAA/CASCA Annual Meeting: Transitions, 2023/11/18, Without Invitation, English
  3. Battleships, Girls and Contents Tourism: Multi-vocality in the Fleet Collection, Kyungjae Jang, AAA Annual Meeting, 2022/11/10, Without Invitation, English, American Anthropological Association, Seattle (online)
  4. Franchised Japaneseness: How Japaneseness is reproduced and consumed in overseas otaku-related spaces?, Kyungjae Jang, AAA Annual Meeting, 2021/11/20, Without Invitation, English, American Anthropological Association, Baltimore (online)
  5. Inheritance and Reproduction of World War II memories: From disconnection to peace, Kyungjae Jang, Cultural Identity and Peace of Korean Peninsula, 2020/05/29, With Invitation, English, Duksung University, Korea, Online
  6. Antipathetic Mind, Sympathetic Body, Kyungjae Jang, AAA/CASCA Annual Meeting, 2019/11/20, Without Invitation, English, AAA/CASCA, Vancouver
  7. Localization of Japanese "Maid Cafe" in East Asia, Kyungjae Jang, American Anthropological Association 117th Annual Meeting, 2018/11/18, Without Invitation, English, American Anthropological Association, San Jose
  8. Contents Tourism between Sacred and Secular Journey, Kyungjae Jang, Contents Tourism: Creativity, Fandom, Neo-Destination, 2017/03/10, With Invitation, English
  9. Revitalization of the Port City through the Tourism: A case of Kure city in Japan, Kyungjae JANG, The 1st Trans-Pacific International Conference, 2016/12/09, With Invitation, English
  10. Inheriting Contemporary Memories: The contentization of heritage and the heritagization of pop culture contents, Takayoshi YAMAMURA, Kyungjae JANG, International Conference on Glocal Culture and Regional Development, 2016/11/09, With Invitation, English
  11. Introduction to the Anthropology of Contents Tourism: The Sacred Journey in Secular (Popular) Culture, Kyungjae Jang, The Fourth Tourism Summit, China, 2016/04/23, With Invitation, English
  12. Localization of Japanese "Maid Cafe" in East Asia, Kyungjae JANG, 117th American Anthropology Association Annual Conference, 2018/11/18, Without Invitation, English
  13. Contents Tourism as a Sacred Journey: The Love Live! School Idol Project, Kyungjae JANG, International Symposium: Transnational Contents Tourism in Europe and Asia, 2018/06/07, Without Invitation, English
  14. Making the Sacred Places of Pop Culture in the Age of Mobility: Cross-Cultural Place Making and Performing Authenticity Involving Japan and South Korea, Kyungjae JANG, 116th American Anthropology Association Annual Conference, 2017/12/01, Without Invitation, English
  15. Religion or Fandom? Secular ritual in pop-culture pilgrimage, Kyungjae JANG, 9th International Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Annual Conference, 2017/06/29, Without Invitation, English
  16. When the Sun Turned to Darkness: the Korean military drama Descendants of the Sun and contents tourism, Kyungjae JANG, Joint East Asian Studies Conference (JEAS), 2016/09/08, Without Invitation, English
  17. Reproduction of Destination Images and Sustainable Contents Tourism: The Case of Tourism in Hokkaido, Kyungjae JANG, Takayoshi YAMAMURA, 2nd Global Tourism & Hospitality Conference, 2016/05/17, Without Invitation, English
  18. Tourism Induced by NHK's Morning Dramas and Taiga Dramas Since the 1960s, Kyungjae JANG, Association for Asian Studies 2015 Annual Conference, 2015/03/27, Without Invitation, English
  19. Otaku Men and Yaoi Girls: A Sociocultural History of Anime Tourism in Japan and Its Gender Issues, Kyungjae JANG, Takayoshi YAMAMURA, Association for Asian Studies 2014 Annual Conference, 2014/03/30, Without Invitation, English
  20. From Consumption to Connection: Forms and Levels of Participation in Contents Tourism, Kyungjae JANG, Takayoshi YAMAMURA, Participatory and Popular Culture 2014 Winter Conference, 2014/02/17, Without Invitation, English
  21. Break the Wall: Dynamics of Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture Experience, Kyungjae JANG, Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association International Conference, 2013/07/24, Without Invitation, English
  22. How the Internet Adds Value to Cultural Heritage: The Case of ‘Anime’ Related Communication, Kyungjae JANG, Takayoshi YAMAMURA, Tourism and the Shifting Values of Cultural Heritage: Visiting Pasts, Developing Futures Conference, 2013/04/07, Without Invitation, English
  23. Managing Cultural Tourism Resources and Authenticity of Tourist Experience: In Case of Toyako Manga Anime Festa, Kyungjae JANG, 13th International Joint World Cultural Tourism Conference 2012, 2012/10/13, Without Invitation, English
  24. Information Technology and Multi Interpretation of Cultural Resources: Through the Concept of Augmented Reality Tourism, Kyungjae JANG, International Conference on Tourism (ICOT2012), 2012/05/24, Without Invitation, English
  25. Indigenous Tourism in the Network Society：A Case on Indigenous Heritage Tourism Project in Hokkaido, Japan, Kyungaje JANG, Takayoshi YAMAMAURA, 1st World Research Summit for Tourism and Hospitality, 2011/12/10, Without Invitation, English
  26. An Examination of Applying Augmented Reality(AR) For Creating Tourism Content, Kyungjae JANG, JASI&JSIS Joint Conference 2010, 2010/09/04, Without Invitation, Japanese, JASI&JSIS, Prefectural University of Nagasaki

Awards

  1. 2012/05, Young Scientist Awards, International Conference on Tourism 2012, Information Technology and Multi Interpretation of Cultural Resources: Through the Concept of Augmented Reality Tourism
  2. 2013/03, Student of the year (Academic Section) 2012, Graduate school of International Media, Communication and Tourism Studies
  3. 2013/02, Special Recognition Awards, The City Planning Institute of Japan (Hokkaido Branch), 都市再開発における歴史的建物の記憶の継承 ～「王子サーモン館」記録と記憶プロジェクトの事例を通して～
  4. 2011/11, Special Recognition Awards, Nomura Research Institute, 日本コンテンツが作る日本発「新社会」

Social Activities

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. The Popular Culture Tourism Stakeholders Summit in Japan, Popular Culture Tourism Stakeholders Summit In Japan Executive Committee, 2024/01, 2024/01

History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

  1. 2024, Tourism Management, Others, Reviewer, 1
  2. 2024, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, Others, Reviewer, 1
  3. 2024, Tourism Geographies, Others, Reviewer
  4. 2024, Journal of Urban Culture Research, Others, Reviewer
  5. 2024, Japan's Art Islands and Creative Revitalization, Others, Reviewer
  6. 2024, Tourism Managemant, Others, Reviewer
  7. 2023, International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration, Others, Reviewer
  8. 2023, Journal of Cultural Geography, Others, Reviewer
  9. 2023, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, Others, Reviewer
  10. 2023, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, Others, Reviewer
  11. 2020, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Others, Reviewer
  12. 2020, Journal of Urban Culture Research, Others, Reviewer
  13. 2018, Service Industries Journal, Others, Service Industries Journal