In AY 2025, Keio continued its collaboration with Nakatsu City in holding special exhibitions at the Nakatsu City History Museum, the Nakatsu Citizen’s Lecture at the New Nakatsu City School, and the 17th iteration of the Nakatsu City Archives Lecture Series. Specifically, Keio contributed to the Nakatsu City History Museum’s special exhibitions: “Atsujiro Obata: A True Gentleman of Knowledge and Virtue” and “Seiichiro Takahashi and Ukiyo-e: The Collector’s Perspective,” and dispatched lecturers to the citizen’s lectures on November 29 and February 1. The Archives Lecture Series was held over three days and two nights beginning August 27, and Keio sent three lecturers and three teaching assistants for the event. In addition, as part of a joint research project, Keio conducted a survey of materials held by Nakatsu City and the Fukuzawa Memorial Museum related to Yukichi Fukuzawa and Atsujiro Obata.
Applicable regions
Oita Prefecture Nakatsu City
Implementation period
April 16, 2008 - present
Community and Regional Affairs category
Regional collaboration as research targets and implementation sites/research that aims to popularize region-specific issues
Education of students/human resource development for the next generation
Two-way recycling-oriented collaboration with local communities and societies
Related websites
Related agreements, etc.
Agreement concerning mutual cooperation between Nakatsu City and Keio University
Campus
Mita
Person in charge
Fukuzawa Memorial Center for Modern Japanese Studies Professor Takeyuki Tokura
Inquiries
sogoseisaku@city.nakatsu.lg.jp