| The Forum on Thermalism
Every year a Forum has been held based on a different theme together with
the local regional bodies, Thermal Springs Associations and newspapers.
We make a wide-spread appeal to society through special commemorative publications
and news bulletins.
| Year |
Location held |
Theme |
| 1986 |
Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture |
Thermal springs and modern |
| 1987 |
Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture |
Thermal springs and the environment |
| 1988 |
Beppu, Oita Prefecture |
Thermal springs and the social system |
| 1989 |
Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture |
Thermal springs and resort development |
| 1990 |
Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture |
Thermal springs and building a healthy body |
| 1991 |
Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture |
Thermal springs and sports and town development |
| 1992 |
Yubishyuku, Kagoshima Prefecture |
Japanese thermal springs and local resorts and town development |
| 1993 |
Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture |
Thermal springs and culture and town development |
| 1994 |
Shirosaki, Hyogo Prefecture |
Thermal springs and community life |
| 1995 |
Gero, Gifu Prefecture |
Bringing thermal springs into the plentiful society of the 21st century
for all people |
International Exchange and Activities
| 1986 |
Joined FITEC |
| 1988 |
Held the 1988 FITEC Congress (Kyoto) |
| 1989 |
Established the Asian Pacific branch of FITEC (Russia, S. Korea, China,
Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Mexico,
Japan) Held the Japan/Peru Thermalism Forum (Lima) |
| 1990 |
Held the 1990 Congress of the FITEC Asian-Pacific Region (Gunma Prefecture) |
| 1991 |
Held the Asian-Pacific Congress of FITEC (Yamagata Prefecture)The 2nd Japan/Peru
Thermal Forum (Lima) |
| 1992 |
Held the 1992 Congress of the Asian-Pacific branch of FITEC (Kagoshima
Prefecture) |
| 1993 |
1993 Congress of FITEC (Kanazawa Prefecture) |
| 1994 |
1994 Congress of the Asian-Pacific branch of FITEC (Lima) |
| 1995 |
1995 Congress of the Asian-Pacific branch of FITEC (Gifu Prefecture) |
Investigation and Research Activities
(investigations of foreign thermal resorts)
| 1986 |
Italy, France, Hungary |
| 1987 |
USSR, Romania, West Germany |
| 1988 |
Turkey, Spain, Greece, West Germany |
| 1989 |
Brazil, Peru, USA |
| 1990 |
West Germany, Czechoslovakia, East Germany |
| 1991 |
USSR, Italy, West Germany |
| 1992 |
Germany, Italy, France |
| 1994 |
Germany, France, Switzerland, Peru, North America |
| 1995 |
Germany, Italy |
Investigations and Research Activity (concerned research)
| 1990 |
Investigation report on the development of the Katsuura Research Center
Enterprise (Wakayama Prefecture) |
| 1991 |
Planning for the Tendo Kua Park (Yamagata Prefecture) |
| 1992 |
Planning for the Kashiwa Rikuchi area of Oe-cho (Yamagata Prefecture) |
| 1994 |
First stage of the cultural investigation research on Minami Hida Thermal
springs (Gifu Prefecture) |
| 1995 |
Second stage of the cultural investigation research on Minami Hida thermal
springs (Gifu Prefecture)Basic planning for the Minami Hida International
Health Resort General Health Promotion Center (Gifu Prefecture)Preparative
planning for the Yanagawa area of Oe-cho (Oe-cho, Yamagata Prefecture) |
Research activities on resorts (research on thermal resorts)
Research concerning thermal resorts are carried out concerning local government
and civilian planning groups.
| 1992 |
The first "Management and town development of German thermal resorts"
The second "Management and town development of French thermal resorts"
The third "Research on Japanese thermal resorts (Nakazawa village)" |
| 1993 |
Publication of the planned network of all domestic local government resort
areas |
| 1994 |
Quality of life seminarInternational seminar on Komatsu health and local
area development (joint sponsorship) |
Oshima Award
The Oshima Award was established for those who had made contributions to
research on thermal springs and to international exchange in 1999. At present
4 people have received the award.
Oshima Academic Library
In order to obtain a good reference database, the Oshima Academic Library
foundation committee was established in 1989. Professor Uematsu of the
National Library University and persons related to the Tokyo Metropolitan
University planned to do research on gathering and maintenance of information
on materials from both the West and East on natural medicine. Future plans
include its digitalization to make it more widely available to researchers
both in and outside of Japan.
Oshima Fellowship
1987 Assistant professor and lecturer from Hokkaido University were sent
to Germany
1989/1990 Professor and Assistant Professor from Toho University were sent
to Peru. The results of their research were published in the report "The
Thermal Springs of Peru" which was presented to the Peruvian government.
Publishing activities
The Forum on Thermalism in Japan commemorative issues (1986-1995)
| 1986 |
Thermal springs and modern society |
1200yen |
| 1987 |
Thermal springs and the environment |
1200yen |
| 1988 |
Thermal springs and the social system |
2000yen |
| 1989 |
Thermal springs and resort development |
2000yen |
| 1990 |
Thermal springs and building a healthy body |
3000yen |
| 1991 |
Thermal springs and sports and town development |
3000yen |
| 1992 |
Japanese thermal springs and local resorts and town development |
3000yen |
| 1993 |
Thermal springs and culture and town development |
3000yen |
| 1994 |
Thermal springs and community life |
3000yen |
| 1995 |
Bringing thermal springs into the plentiful society of the 21st century
for all people |
3000yen |
- Therume No. 1-4 (a general educational journal)
- Thermalism for all (overall report on the forum)
- 1992 research report ! Therume Mini No. 1-3 (general educational books)
- Famous hotsprings encyclopedia No. 1-3 (thermal health care doctors/resorts,
thermal spring introductory book)
- Thermalism in Japan (thermal spring medicine in Japan/English edition)
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