TY - JOUR
KW - Food Tourism
KW - identity
KW - intangible heritage
KW - Japan
KW - Nostalgia
KW - Regional development
AU - Sangkyun Kim
AU - Chieko Iwashita
AB - Local food heritage plays a crucial role in developing the image and identity of a region. This study investigates the extent and the ways in which local food and identity of a region can be used as tools for tourism development. By using a qualitative research approach of personal interviews with 12 Japanese tourists, the study argues that an authentic locality which has provided traditional handmade udon noodles for the last 400 years for the local people can be developed as a food tourism destination. Since the main attraction of regional tourism in the Mizusawa region in Gunma prefecture of Japan is udon noodles, the study concluded that both tangible and intangible elements of udon noodle heritage contribute to the cultural values, identity construction, characteristics of the place and authentic tourist experiences. The study recommends examining cross-cultural differences in the interrelationships between food heritage, regional tourism and identity in a similar but broader Asian context for future studies.
BT - Tourism Recreation Research
DO - 10.1080/02508281.2016.1111976
LA - English
M1 - 1
N1 - Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
N2 - Local food heritage plays a crucial role in developing the image and identity of a region. This study investigates the extent and the ways in which local food and identity of a region can be used as tools for tourism development. By using a qualitative research approach of personal interviews with 12 Japanese tourists, the study argues that an authentic locality which has provided traditional handmade udon noodles for the last 400 years for the local people can be developed as a food tourism destination. Since the main attraction of regional tourism in the Mizusawa region in Gunma prefecture of Japan is udon noodles, the study concluded that both tangible and intangible elements of udon noodle heritage contribute to the cultural values, identity construction, characteristics of the place and authentic tourist experiences. The study recommends examining cross-cultural differences in the interrelationships between food heritage, regional tourism and identity in a similar but broader Asian context for future studies.
PY - 2016
SP - 89
EP - 100
T2 - Tourism Recreation Research
TI - Cooking identity and food tourism: the case of Japanese udon noodles
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84997646430&doi=10.1080%2f02508281.2016.1111976&partnerID=40&md5=d743d786d0717b6209279a9cc046a962
VL - 41
SN - 02508281 (ISSN)
ER -