Tourism development in Japan : themes, issues and challenges

Introduction : tourism in Japan - from the past to the present / Richard Sharpley & Kumi Kato -- Tourism research on Japan : overview of major trends : Japanese and English-language materials / Yumiko Horita & Kumi Kato -- Urban development and tourism in Japanese cities / Yumiko Horita -- Transition of forest tourism policies in Japanese national forest management / Yumi Oura -- A systematic review of sport tourism research in Japan / Eiji Ito and Tom Hinch -- Mobilising stoke : a genealogy of surf tourism development in Miyazaki, Japan / Adam Doering -- Japan's mountain tourism at a crossroads : insights from the North Japan Alps / Abhik Chakraborty -- International exchange in tea tourism : reconceptualizing Japanese green tourism for sustainable farming communities / Amnaj Khaokhrueamuang -- Pilgrimage tourism in regional communities : the case of Tanabe City and Kumano Kodo / Ricardo Nicolas Progano and Kumi Kato -- Confronting difficult pasts : the case of 'kamikaze' tourism / Richard Sharpley and Kumi Kato -- Whaling heritage and tourism development : 'sliced, diced and boiled down' / Simon Wearne -- Debating sustainability in tourism development : resilience, traditional knowledge and community : a post-disaster perspective / Kumi Kato -- International tourists in Japan : their increasing numbers and vulnerability to natural hazards / Hayato Nagai, Kaede Sano, Brent W. Ritchie and Takashi Yoshino -- The expansion of peer-to-peer accommodation rentals in Japan : issues and challenges / Takahiro Ikeji and Hayato Nagai -- Postscript / Richard Sharpley & Kumi Kato.