The 15th Workshop on Social Capital and Development Trends in the Japanese and Swedish Countryside

The 15th Workshop on Social Capital and Development Trends in the Swedish and Japanese Countryside

16-18, May, 2018

The objective of the workshop is to discuss common topics of rural regions of Sweden and Japan, with the concept of social capital as common denominator. This workshop is the sixth workshop with this theme. The former workshops were held in Östersund, Sweden, 2004, Nichinan, Tottori, Japan, 2005, Vindeln, Sweden, 2006, Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan 2007, and Jönköping, Sweden, 2008, Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan 2009, Jönköping, Sweden, 2010, Nara, Japan, 2011, Österlen, Sweden, 2012, Amakusa, Kumamoto, 2013, Östersund, Sweden, 2014, Takayama, Gifu, 2015, Kiruna, Sweden, 2106, and Tonga, 2017. The workshop of 2018 was held in one of the world heritage, Daigoji Temple in Kyoto, and continued the fruitful discussions on rural development issues and the role of social capital.