Tomoko Kano

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,Department of Tourism ManagementProfessor
Graduate School of Information Sciences,Major of Information SciencesProfessor
Last Updated :2025/10/07

■Researcher basic information

Degree

  • Doctor of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Mar. 2007

Research Keyword

  • Urban Design, Architectural Planning
  • Tourism development
  • City and Spatial analysis

Field Of Study

  • Social infrastructure (civil Engineering, architecture, disaster prevention), Architectural and city planning
  • Humanities & social sciences, Local studies

■Career

Educational Background

  • Apr. 2002 - Mar. 2007, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Architecture, PhD Candidate
  • Apr. 2000 - Mar. 2002, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Architecture

Member History

  • Present
  • 2017 - Feb. 2024
  • 2011

■Research activity information

Award

  • 2024
    14th International Symposium on Architectural Interchanges in Asia (ISAIA), ISAIA Academic Oral Session Award
  • 2023
    Teikyo Heisei University, University President Award
  • 2008
    Japan
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
    Japan
  • 2002
  • 2000
    Japan
  • 2000
    Japan
  • 2000
    Japan

Paper

  • Special Theme: Building a Resilient Social Model after the Disaster Introduction　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Yuichi Sekiya; Tomoko kano
    Mar. 2025, [Reviewed]
  • Learning from Disaster Experiences and Building Resilient Communities through ‘Shared Space Design’　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Tomoko KANO
    14th International Symposium on Architectural Interchanges in Asia (ISAIA), Sep. 2024, [Reviewed]
  • Gap between Disaster Preparedness and Residents’ Perceptions in a Walkable Historic Town in Türkiye
    Tomoko KANO
    2024 International Conference of Asia-Pacific Planning Societies, Aug. 2024, [Reviewed]
  • Study on Dwelling Forms and Streetscapes in Bergama, Turkey　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Sep. 2023
  • A Study on Disaster Prevention as the World Heritage Site in Bergama, Turkey Part 1. Survey and Analysis of Residents' Awareness of Disaster Prevention and Buildings and Public Spaces
    Sep. 2023
  • Simulating the Disaster Imagination Game (DIG) and Developing the Application in the Firuzağa Neighborhood, Istanbul - A Workshop with Local Volunteers
    Tomoko Kano; Telat Aydın; Dowon Kim; Takeyuki Okubo; Meltem Vatan; Ebru Omay Pola; Ai Kubota; Zeynep Gül Ünal; Masayoshi Ito; Junichi Kawamura
    Journal of Disaster Mitigation for Historical Cities, Vol. 17, 15 Jul. 2023, [Reviewed]
  • Designing a Mobile Application to Raise Children's Awareness of Disaster Management
    Ai Kubota; Tomoko Kano; Telat Aydin; Dowon Kim; Takeyuki Okubo; Junichi Kawamura; Meltem Vatan; Ebru Omay Pola; Masayoshi Ito
    Journal of Disaster Mitigation for Historical Cities, Vol. 17, Jul. 2023
  • Investing in the social places of heritage towns
    Tomoko Kano; Takae Tanaka; Momoyo Gota
    Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience Design, Methods and Knowledge in the face of Climate Change, Mar. 2022, [Reviewed]
  • Space for Community Resilience:Disaster Risk Reduction Plans for the World Heritage Sites of Patan in Nepal, Lijiang in China, and Bergama in Turkey
    Kano Tomoko; Gota Momoyo
    Japanese Journal of Cultural Anthropology, Sep. 2020, [Reviewed]

    "Resilience" is an important concept in disaster risk reduction. In 2015, the International Expert Meeting on Cultural Heritage and Disaster Resilient Communities was held for "Cultural Heritage and Disaster Resilient Communities" at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan. In the context of the disaster risk reduction study, the authors explore the use of social spaces for community recovery in the three disaster affected World Heritage Sites: Patan in Nepal, Lijian in China, and Bergama in Turkey. The authors call such spaces "resilient spaces" and adress following questions: How we can integrate resilient spaces into disaster risk reduction plan, and how we can incorporate everyday routines into the advance disaster risk reduction plan? In doing so, we pursue the ways to regenerate post-disaster community life, as well as to sustain its World Heritage tourism.

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  • Utilizing traditional social places for community resilience : Disaster risk management planning for World Heritage sites in Nepal and Turkey　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Tomoko Kano
    2nd International Conference of Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific, 2020, [Reviewed]
  • Social place of Heritage: Disaster risk mitigation plan in Asia
    Tomoko Kano; Takae Tanaka; Momoyo Gota
    The 8th ICBR, Nov. 2018, [Reviewed]
  • Cultural Resilience for the Future: Heritage Tourism and Disaster Risk Management in Asia
    Tomoko Kano; Shinji Yamashita; Momoyo Gota; Megumi Doshita; Takae Tanaka; Hiroi Iwahara
    International Conference on Future of the Past: Tourism and Cultural Heritage in Asia 2018, Aug. 2018, [Reviewed]
  • Re-construction of cultural heritage: disaster, tourism, and anthropology　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Megumi Doshita; Shinji Yamashita; Hiroi Iwahara; Tomoko Kano; Momoyo Gota; Tanaka Takae
    15th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA), Aug. 2018, [Reviewed]
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    Tomoko Kano
    Jun. 2018, [Reviewed]
  • Environmental transition in disaster recovery scenarios of World Heritage area in Asia
    Tomoko Kano
    2018, [Reviewed]
  • World Heritage and Tourism in Asia: In Relation to Disaster Risk Management
    Tomoko Kano; Shinji Yamashita; Megumi Doshita; Takae Tanaka; Hiroi Iwahara; Momoyo Gota
    The 3rd International Conference of EATSA, Aug. 2017, [Reviewed]
  • Issue and Proposal of Tourism and Community Design - Take Bergama, Turkey as an example
    Tomoko Kano; Wanwen Huang
    Sep. 2016, [Reviewed]
  • Improvement and reorganization of vernacular spaces in Bergama, world heritage city
    Tomoko Kano
    Journal of Teikyo Heisei University, Mar. 2016
    "Conservation of Cultural Heritage" does not only refer to the protection of physical and historical properties of heritage sites, but also to the improvement and reorganization of the environment and of the life of local communities impacted by tourism and globalization. How to preserve the physical heritage (traditional dwellings, historical buildings, bazaar, landscapes, etc.) and keep the intangible cultural heritage (customs, lifestyle, arts and crafts, etc.) growing will be a decisive issue. This paper focuses on the improvement and reorganization of vernacular spaces (especially in residential area and commercial area) of historical city "Bergama", Turkey after listed as the world cultural heritage on 2014. Bergama, known in ancient times as Pergamon, is a historical and cultural settlement located in the northwest of the Aegean region harboring rich Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman archaeological remains. This paper aims to analyze the transformation faced in the core zone which is consisted of the historical buildings in residential area and Bazaar called "Arasta" through not only spatial study but also function and utilize of the space. Then, the techniques and skills adapted method for sustainable life and tourism are discussed and shared as the result of this study. *This research is supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI26820264).
  • トルコの世界遺産都市“ベルガマ”における防災の課題
    Tomoko Kano
    Japan Foundation for International Tourism, 2015, [Reviewed]
  • Sustainable Development of Environment, Historical Places and Dwellers’ Community in Bergama, Turkey　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    WanWen Huang; Tomoko Kano
    Fourth Annual International Conference on Architecture, Jul. 2014, [Reviewed]
  • Comparative Study of Turkish Houses in Historical and Tourism Cities, Ankara
    Tomoko Kano
    Journal of Teikyo Heisei University, Mar. 2014
    This paper focuses on the traditional houses which are consisted of the Vernacular Architectures. It's evaluated as the original regional resources in the cities, and defines "Turkish Houses" in this paper. Recently, new strategies of conservation and management method should be considered for providing against demolition of historical and cultural houses in the world. This paper aims to compare and analyze the issues faced with the "Turkish Houses" of historical and tourism cities in Hamamonu and beypazari in Ankara, Turkey. Then, the techniques and skills adapted method are discussed and shared as the result of this study. The summary of key findings and research methods are shown as following 3 points; i) The situation of "Turkish Houses" in Ankara is defined through the author's fieldworks and interviews toward the governors and residents in their cities.ii) Spatial identities (topography, spatial position, materials, ornament etc.) of both "Turkish Houses" are defined through the comparative study. iii) Systematized and analyzed the issues faced with the "Turkish Houses". It analyzed through the conservation planning and management, and activities including the publicity. It's required to approach the new concept for creating sustainable historical and tourism cities. Even though the difficulty and problem solving in each cities are not identical, the cultural and technical exchanges are expected to be grow. *This field work was carried out when the author was in Turkey as an exchange researcher in Feb. 2013 supported by YUNUS EMRE, Turkish Embassy. The author expresses special appreciations to YUNUS EMRE for providing valuable chance and information.
  • Study for Sustainable Living Spaces in a Historical Tourism City-Take Bergama-Turkey, candidate World Heritage Site, as an example-
    Tomoko Kano
    Journal of Teikyo Heisei University, Mar. 2013
    The main topic of this paper is the sustainable development of dweller's lives and new tourism in a historical settlement. It's time to make a sustainable development plan estimating the effects of future mass tourism pressure before it is too late, Bergama was nominated to UNESCO's tentative list of World Heritage Site on April 15, 2011. The main purpose of the research is to define the attraction of Bergama's historical worthy spaces in the overseer's eye (outsider's eye). Then, the analysis of the method of conservation and development plan to maintain Bergama's identity are discussed from 3 points of view (city scale, block scale and building scale). Furthermore, we will share the importance of conservation plan and citizen participation including several activities when the sustainable city is created. We can overcome the risks to a historical settlement by sharing conservation activity.
  • Report of Community Safety regarding Reducing Disaster Risks
    Tomoko Kano; Hidehiko Sazanami
    Journal of Teikyo Heisei University, Mar. 2012
    Almost every year, we have suffered from the small or big natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunami floods and typhoon. We learned from these natural disasters how to reduce fatalities and damages to physical facilities such as houses, buildings, roads, water ways, electric, gas and drinking water pipe lines. Especially, the great natural disasters related to earthquakes occurred in Japan at 15 years intervals. There are the various building and town planning codes to reduce the damages caused by natural disasters. There are five main bodies to work for disaster recovery and disaster reduction; i)Public authorities- vocational governments, local governments (state or prefecture) and municipal governments (urban and rural), ii)Local communities (urban and rural), iii)Private business corporations, institutions and firms, iv) Educational institution (universities and high schools), v)N.P.O. (Non-profit organizations). In additional to the above-mentioned main bodies, we recognize the vital roles played by educational institutions and the non-governmental organizations in the case of the relief work during disaster recovery operations. The paper aims at studying community activities - how to cope with natural disasters in collaboration with various public and private corporations and institutions, especially with universities and high schools.
  • The Regional Analysis in Tokyo 23 Wards by index of Entropy based on Land Use Attribute
    KANO Tomoko
    Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 25 Oct. 2010, [Reviewed]
    This paper analyzes the regional identity and the various characteristics in Tokyo 23 wards caught by the dichotomy between the two. Concretely, it is based on the land use data which is huge and wide-ranging GIS data. The binarized data is made from these GIS data. For instance, geographic layer is divided to "residential area" and "downtown area". Like this, the essence comes to be captured by doing such a rough classification as people's recognition method of things. Each place is expressed as on and off of the bit array "land use attribute" when the data are overlapped. Entropy based on the attribute is calculated by the array of bit. The difference or similarity of the place is expressed. It pays attention as a technique for systematically reviewing a regional original resource and the environment.
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  • Regional and Tourism Development of Historic Areas in the Old City of Beijing
    狩野朋子
    Journal of Teikyo Heisei University, Mar. 2010
  • A Morphological analysis of Lilong Housing in Shanghai, China
    Shuichi Omori, Momoyo Gota, Tomoko Kano
    Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. E-2, Architectural planning and design II, Dwelling houses and housing sites, rural planning, education, 20 Jul. 2009
  • A Morphological Study on the High Density Dwellings in Mongkok District,Hong kong : Partl.Analysis of the Spatial Composition of Dwellings
    Tokiyoshi Matsuim, Momoyo Gota, Tomoko Kano, Ryo Yamashita
    Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. E-2, Architectural planning and design II, Dwelling houses and housing sites, rural planning, education, 20 Jul. 2009
  • A Morphological Study on the High Density Dwellings in Mongkok District, Hong Kong : Part2. Analysis of the Spatial Characteristics of District
    Ryo Yamashita; Momoyo Gota; Tomoko Kano; Tokiyoshi Matsui
    Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. E-2, Architectural planning and design II, Dwelling houses and housing sites, rural planning, education, 20 Jul. 2009
  • A Morphological Study of Low-rise Dwellings in Urban Space : Part3. Analysis on the Spatial Form of Historic Areas in Beijing Old City
    Isao Takahashi; Momoyo Gota; Manabu Okochi; Tomoko Kano; Tomohito Fujihira
    Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. E-2, Architectural planning and design II, Dwelling houses and housing sites, rural planning, education, 20 Jul. 2009
  • A Morphological Study of Low-rise Dwellings in Urban Space : Part4. Analysis on the Network of Void Spaces of Historic Areas in Beijing Old City
    Tomohito Fujihira; Momoyo Gota; Manabu Okochi; Tomoko Kano; Isao Takahashi
    Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. E-2, Architectural planning and design II, Dwelling houses and housing sites, rural planning, education, 20 Jul. 2009
  • A Morphological Study of Low-rise Dwellings in Urban Space : Part2. Analysis of the Void Space of Quadrangles of Beijing, China
    Tomohito Fujihira; Momoyo Gota; Manabu Okochi; Tomoko Kano
    Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. E-2, Architectural planning and design II, Dwelling houses and housing sites, rural planning, education, 20 Jul. 2008
  • A Study on the Characteristics of Land Use by Tokyo's Binarized Data : Part 2 A Uniqueness and a Specialization based on Information Content
    Tomoko Kano, Akira Fujii
    Summaries of technical papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. F-1, Urban planning, building economics and housing problems, 20 Jul. 2008
  • 二値化データに基づく場所の固有性に関する研究　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Mar. 2008, [Reviewed]
  • The Spacial Order Study by Dwelling’s Voids of Historic Areas in Beijing Old City
    Tomoko Kano; Momoyo Gota; Tomohito Fujihira
    Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium for Environment-Behavior Studies, 2008, [Reviewed]
  • 都市の低層住居郡に関する形態学的研究 その1.ソウル北村地区における韓屋の分析
    2007
  • スケールを用いた空間記述手法に関する研究 その1.東京のGISデータを用いた基礎的分析
    2004
  • ＜スケールテクスチャ＞を用いた画像の情報密度に関する研究 その2.都市画像における情報密度の記述　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    2003
  • ＜スケールテクスチャ＞を用いた画像の情報密度に関する研究 その1.情報密度の評価手法
    2002

MISC

Books and other publications

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • Site, Landscape an Settlements
    Tomoko Kano
    2024 Matsu Young Artists Action [Forum], Aug. 2024, [Invited]
  • 日本文化人類学会第57回研究大会 コメンテーター　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    03 Jun. 2023, [Invited]
  • Utilizing traditional social places for community resilience : Disaster risk management planning for World Heritage sites in Nepal and Turkey
    Tomoko Kano
    2nd International Conference of Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific (Wakayama, Japan), Feb. 2020
  • Social place of Heritage: Disaster risk mitigation plan in Asia
    Tomoko Kano; Takae Tanaka; Momoyo Gota
    The 8th ICBR (Lisbon, Portugal), Nov. 2018
  • Reconstruction of cultural heritage: disaster, tourism, and anthropology
    Megumi Doshita; Shinji Yamashita; Hiroi Iwahara; Tomoko Kano; Momoyo Gota; Tanaka Takae
    15th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) (Stockholm, Sweden), Aug. 2018
  • Cultural Resilience for the Future: Heritage Tourism and Disaster Risk Management in Asia
    Tomoko Kano; Shinji Yamashita; Momoyo Gota; Megumi Doshita; Takae Tanaka; Hiroi Iwahara
    International Conference on Future of the Past: Tourism and Cultural Heritage in Asia 2018 (Kyoto, Japan), Aug. 2018
  • トルコ・ベルガマにおける防災・観光拠点としての水場空間の可能性
    Tomoko Kano
    The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (Hirosaki, Japan), Jun. 2018
  • アジアにおけるヘリテージツーリズムと防災：中国、ネパール、トルコの比較から　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Takae Tanaka; Tomoko Kano
    The 33rd Japan Society for Interdisciplinary Tourism Studies (Shimonoseki, Japan), 2018
  • トルコの世界遺産都市“ベルガマ”における防災の課題
    Tomoko Kano
    Japan Foundation for International Tourism (Chiba, Japan), 2015
  • Sustainable Development of Dwellers’ Life and Tourism in Historical Settlement – Take Bergama City, Turkey as an Example　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Tomoko Kano
    ICOMOS- ICORP International Symposium: “Cultural Heritage Protection In Times of Risk – Challenges and Opportunities” (Istanbul, Turkey), 15 Nov. 2012
  • The Great East Japan Disaster and Metropolitan Planning　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Hidehiko Sazanami; Tomoko Kano
    UNESCO – IPRED 2012 （Santiago, Chili）, Jun. 2012
  • Cooperation for Sustainable Development of Life and Cultural Tourism in Bergama　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Tomoko Kano
    International Bergama Symposium (Bergama, Turkey), Apr. 2011, [Invited]
  • The Regional Analysis in Tokyo 23 Wards by index of Entropy based on Land Use Attribute
    KANO Tomoko
    Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 25 Oct. 2010, The City Planning Institute of Japan
    This paper analyzes the regional identity and the various characteristics in Tokyo 23 wards caught by the dichotomy between the two. Concretely, it is based on the land use data which is huge and wide-ranging GIS data. The binarized data is made from these GIS data. For instance, geographic layer is divided to "residential area" and "downtown area". Like this, the essence comes to be captured by doing such a rough classification as people's recognition method of things. Each place is expressed as on and off of the bit array "land use attribute" when the data are overlapped. Entropy based on the attribute is calculated by the array of bit. The difference or similarity of the place is expressed. It pays attention as a technique for systematically reviewing a regional original resource and the environment.
  • NATURAL DISASTER PREVENTION STRATEGY HANSHIN-AWAJI REGION RECOVERY PROGRAM　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Hidehiko Sazanami; Tomoko Kano
    UNESCO IPRED ITU WORKSHOP (MAKE THE PEOPLE A PART OF THE SOLUTION) （Istanbul, Turkey), 2010
  • The Spacial Order Study by Dwelling’s Voids of Historic Areas in Beijing Old City
    Tomoko Kano; Momoyo Gota; Tomohito Fujihira
    Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium for Environment-Behavior Studies （Beijing, China), 2008

Affiliated academic society

  • Present
    ICOMOS　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • Present
    都市計画学会　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • Present
    日本建築学会　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • Present
    Japan Foundation for International Tourism　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Works

  • Wormholl; Letter from Matsu
    Tomoko Kano; Taeko Nakatsubo
    Sep. 2025 - Nov. 2025, Artistic activity
  • Kobe OKAMOTO Diary　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Mar. 2025, Others
  • 岡本 顔の見えるMAP　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Mar. 2024, Others
  • Guardians　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Ai Kubota; Tomoko; Kano and research members
    Mar. 2023, Others
  • トルコの世界遺産ベルガマの防災ひろば
    2019 - 2019, Architectural works
  • ひまわり　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    1999, Architectural works

Research Themes

Social Contribution Activities

  • International Matsu Biennial 2025
    Cultural Affairs Department, Lienchiang County Government, Taiwan, International Matsu Biennial 2025, 05 Sep. 2025 - 16 Nov. 2025
  • 馬祖藝穗行動 Matsu Young Artists Action, Taiwan
    panelist
    Aug. 2024 - Aug. 2024
  • 能登半島地震ボランティア　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    organizing_member
    07 Jun. 2024 - 09 Jun. 2024
  • トルコ・シリア地震 被災地調査　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Aug. 2023
  • Local Workshop in Bergama, Turkey
    Feb. 2019 - Feb. 2019
  • トルコの歴史的都市ベルガマの風景と文化の旅　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    lecturer
    13 Oct. 2015 - 13 Oct. 2015
  • トルコの建築と世界遺産　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    lecturer
    02 Jul. 2013 - 09 Jul. 2013
  • 建設技術移転指針策定調査 建築・住宅分野 要約書　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    report_writing
    2009 - 2009

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