Mr. Hiroaki Oikawa is being recommended for the European Master in Tourism Management program. The letter writer has known Mr. Oikawa for 3 years through a history seminar focusing on the Edo period of Japan. Mr. Oikawa regularly attended seminar classes and presentations without absence. For his graduation thesis, he researched accommodation facilities for climbers of Mt. Fuji and the resulting conflicts between religious leaders and the tourism industry. Though majoring in history, Mr. Oikawa also studied Spanish abroad and began learning Korean. The letter writer believes Mr. Oikawa has strong work ethic and ability to understand contexts well. He would contribute as a tourism expert with knowledge of Japanese culture and international

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SENSHU UNIVERS汀Y
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To The Admission Department of
The EuropeanMaster in Tourism Management (EMTM)
To whom it may concem.
IKUTA CAMPUS
2-1-1 HIGASHIMITA TAMA･KU KAWASAKl-SHI
KANAGAWA 21 4-8580 JAPAN
Jan. 30, 2015
Letter of RecommendatioJI for Mr. ⅠIiroaki Oikawa
It is a great pleasure to recommend MrL Hiroaki Oikawa to your renowned program.
When Mr. Oikawa belonged to the School of Letters at Senshu Universityhe participated in the seminar that I
conducted &om his 2nd year to the 4th year. This seminar majors irlthe history of Japan inthe Edo period. He
eamestly attended my seminar class for 3 years without being absent. Fur血er, he engaged in the seminar campsthat
were held every year during the summer vacation and made research presentations.
hthe 4thyear at university, Mr･ Oikawa wrote a graduation thesis based on thetheme of worship climbing the Mt･
Fuji inthe Edo period and the accommodation facilities･ Asthe number of climbers to Mt. Fuji has increased, the
residents inthe surrounding area of the mountain climbing path have enteredthe tourism business by targeting the
climbers,and this thesis clarified how the conflicts have increased between religious leaders who manage
accommodation facilities. This work was highly evaluated as a graduationthesis.
While majoring in the history of Japan, he had a great curiositytowards new languages and unknown cultures. h
the spring vacation in the lst year, he participated in a Spanish language program at Barcelona Universityand
achievedthe A2 level of DELL in the following year. Even after he started the 4th year at university, he began the
study of Korean Language.
According to my observations inthe seminar class and graduation thesis guidance, Mr. Oikawa has a personality
that canunderstand the surrounding circumstances well. I canevaluate that he is a person who has outstanding task
execution skills to make e肋rts steadily towards the established goal.
If he gainsthe opportunityto participate in your program, I believe that it would be a great initial step for him to
contribute to the societyas an expert in tourismwi10 has bothknOwledge of Japanese culture and intemational
perspectives.
Due to these reasons, I wholeheartedly recommend Mr. Oikawa for your favorable consideration.
Sincerely,
高級痛
Yasushi Nishizaka
Professor
Department of History, School of Letters
Senshu University, 211 -1, Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 2 14-8580, Japan
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