https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9022-0570Dr Daichi Kohmoto is an associate professor of Geography at Nara University of Education, a national university located in the ancient capital of Japan. His research is mainly focus on futurability of regional diversity with specialties on hilly and mountainous areas, tourism, local learning, and ESD (education for sustainable development). He considers and acts on how to share the value of the rural areas with society as a whole.