Cooking identity and food tourism: The case of Japanese udon noodles

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 89-100

  Kim, Sangkyun ^a   Iwashita, Chieko ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Takasaki University of Commerce   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food tourism; Identity; Intangible heritage; Japan; Nostalgia; Regional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997646430     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2016.1111976     Document Type: Article

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