Writing and Managing: Everyday Activities of an Emeritus Professor of Historical Geography

Biographical Chronology

1946: Born in Japan

1969: Graduated from Kyoto University (Japan)

1971: MA (Geography, Kyoto University)

1974: Completed Graduate School of Letters (Geography, Kyoto University)

1975–77: Assistant Professor at Kyoto University

1977–87: Lecturer and Associate Professor at Otemon-Gakuin University (Japan)

1987–94: Associate Professor at Kyoto University

1993: D Litt (Kyoto University)

1994–2008 (March): Professor of Geography at Kyoto University

2001 (April–December): Dean, Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University

2001 (December)–2005: Executive Vice President, Kyoto University

2008: Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University

2008–14: President, National (Japan) Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU)

2014: Director, Tonami City Research Center

2014: Senior Adviser to Kyoto Prefecture

2016: Director General, Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives