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| ITO EIJI |  |
| School of Health and Sport Sciences | |
| Associate Professor |
Last Updated :2025/01/16
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Profile and Settings
Name
Name
ITO EIJI
Profile & Settings
Profile
Dr Eiji Ito is a professor in the School of Health and Sport Science, Chukyo University, Japan. He was awarded his BSc and MSc by Juntendo University, Japan, and earned his PhD at the University of Alberta, Canada. His areas of research include sport tourism, leisure studies, and cultural psychology.URL
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Affiliations
Affiliation (Master)
- School of Health and Sport Sciences, Associate Professor
- Department of Sport Management, Associate Professor
- Graduate School of Health and Sport Sciences, Associate Professor
Education, Etc.
Education
- Sep. 2009, Jan. 2014, University of Alberta, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, Canada
- Apr. 2006, Mar. 2008, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Department of Social Science in Sports, Japan
Degree
- Physical Education and Recreation, Jan. 2014, University of Alberta
- Health and Sports Science, Mar. 2008, Juntendo University
- Sport Management, Mar. 2006, Juntendo University
その他基本情報
Association Memberships
- Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences
- Japanese Society of Lifelong Sports
- Japan Sport Tourism Alliance
- Japan Institute of Tourism Research
Committee Memberships
- National Recreation and Park Association, Journal of Leisure Research Senior Associate Editor
- Japan Sports Agency
- National Recreation and Park Association, Journal of Leisure Research Associate Editor
- Nov. 2017, Oct. 2021
- Nov. 2017, Oct. 2021, Japanese Society of Lifelong Sports, Japan Journal of Lifelong Sport Associate Editor
Academic & Professional Experience
- Apr. 2020, Mar. 2021, Wakayama University, Center for Tourism Research, Acting Director
- Apr. 2018, Mar. 2021, Wakayama University, Faculty of Tourism, Associate Professor
- Apr. 2015, Mar. 2018, Wakayama University, Faculty of Tourism, Assistant Professor
- Apr. 2014, Mar. 2015, Juntendo University, Institute of Health and Sports Science and Medicine, Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Activities
Research Areas, Etc.
Research Areas
Research Interests
Book, papers, etc
Published Papers
- 7, 39, 44, 2024, Not refereed, Joint Work
- Does understanding of pilgrimage routes elicit idealised emotional experiences through virtual reality walking?
Ito, E., Kono, S., Tanisho, K., & Kawanishi, T.
Rural Society, 1, 16, 2024, refereed, Joint Work - The paths to subjective and eudaimonic well-being: Which aspects of leisure matter?
Cho, S. J., Kono, S., & Ito, E.
Leisure/Loisir, 1, 33, 2024, refereed, Joint Work - 21, 1, 1, 15, 2024, refereed, Joint Work
- 20, 2, 1, 14, 2024, refereed, Single Work
- 20, 2, 35, 46, 2024, refereed, Joint Work
- 7, 3, 14, 2024, refereed, Joint Work
- Aikido Tourism Development in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan
Ito, E.
Tourism Cases, 1, 8, 2023, refereed, Single Work - Relationships between event involvement and participation intention at Ako City Marathon Online Event
Yamaguchi, S. & Ito, E.
20, 1, 23, 31, 2023, refereed, Joint Work - Brazilian immigrants' constraints when attending Nagoya Grampus games and its relationships with their demographics
Ota, A., Kawanishi, T., & Ito, E.
Journal of Eventology, 6, 1, 17, 28, 2023, refereed, Joint Work - Predicting Japanese sport tourist behaviour: An extension of theory of planned behaviour with tourism ideal affect
Ito, E.
27, 3, 187, 203, 2023, refereed, Single Work - Differences in immersion and intention to visit through VR tourism between with and without music
Enomoto, S., & Ito E.
Tourism Studies, 29, 1, 8, 2023, refereed, Joint Work - Ideal positive affect among Japanese sport tourists: A case of masters games participants
Ito, E., & Kono, S.
Wakayama Tourism Review, 4, 10, 12, 2023, Not refereed, Joint Work - An evidence-base for reducing the CO2 emissions of national mega sports events: Application of the three-hub model to the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup
Ito, E., & Higham, J.
Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1, 17, 2023, refereed, Joint Work - Realism of dome videos across dome shapes and screen illuminances: A case of the dome video screening about the mega sport event
Koshiba, K., Yamamoto, K., Ito, E., & Okyudo, M.
Tourism Studies, 27, 1, 9, 2022, refereed, Joint Work - Kono, S., Ito, E., & Gui, J.
Leisure Sciences, 1, 20, 2022, refereed, Joint Work - Understanding how sports relate to hedonic and eudaimonic well-being among Japanese university students
Kono, S., Ito, E., Okayasu, I., & Gui, J.
International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, 6, 1, 27, 54, 2023, refereed, Joint Work - Carbon emission reduction and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Ito, E., Higham, J., & Cheer, J. M.
Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 3, 2, 1, 4, 2022, refereed, Joint Work - Everyday cycling mobilities and tourist behaviour: The emergence of cycle tourism as COVID-secure activity
Ito, E., & Cheer, J. M.
Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, 2, 1, 10, 17, 2022, refereed, Joint Work - Constraints to and constraint negotiation for leisure-time physical activity: Cultural similarities and differences between Japanese and Euro-Canadian adults
Ito, E., & Kono, S.
Japanese Journal of Lifelong Sports, 18, 2, 85, 94, 2022, refereed, Joint Work - Psychological consequences of tourism ideal affect
Ito, E., Kono, S., & Gui, J.
Current Issues in Tourism, 26, 3, 468, 479, 2023, refereed, Joint Work - Conceptualization of perceived risk from the participant perspective in trail running events
Yamaguchi, S., & Ito, E.
International Journal of Sport and Health Science, 19, 102, 109, 2021, refereed, Joint Work - Ito, E., & Yabutani, R.
Journal of Japan Society of Sports Industry, 31, 4, 457, 464, 2021, refereed, Joint Work - Effects of leisure constraints and negotiation on activity enjoyment: A forgotten part of the leisure constraints theory
Kono, S., & Ito, E.
Annals of Leisure Research, 26, 5, 647, 666, 2023, refereed, Joint Work - Constraints to everyday cycle sport tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
Ito, E.
Wakayama Tourism Review, 1, 15, 17, 2021, Not refereed, Single Work - The measurement model of leisure constraint negotiation in leisure-time physical activity context: Reflective or formative?
Kono, S., Ito, E., & Loucks-Atkinson, A.
Journal of Leisure Research, 52, 1, 120, 127, 2021, refereed, Joint Work - Constraints and constraint negotiation of Japanese Masters Games participants based on the subjective typology
Ito, E., & Kono, S.
Japanese Journal of Lifelong Sports, 17, 2, 29, 39, 2021, refereed, Joint Work - Awe-inspiring experiences while walking on the World Heritage pilgrimage route, Kumano Kodo
Ito, E., & Kono, S.
Tourism Studies, 24, 1, 8, 2021, refereed, Joint Work - Current situations and challenges of online programs in tourism studies during the COVID-19 pandemic
Murano, M., & Ito, E.
Tourism Studies, 24, 49, 57, 2021, refereed, Joint Work - Supplemental tourism activities: A conceptual framework to maximise sport tourism benefits and opportunities
Ito, E., & Higham, J.
Journal of Sport & Tourism, 24, 4, 269, 284, 2020, refereed, Joint Work - Relationships of involvement and interdependent happiness across a revised Masters Games participant typology
Ito, E.
Journal of Sport & Tourism, 24, 4, 235, 250, 2020, refereed, Single Work - Ideal and tourism affect among Mainland Chinese tourists in Hokkaido, Japan: A comparison between tourists with and without ski experience
Hu, R., & Ito, E.
International Journal of Sport and Health Science, 18, 247, 252, 2020, refereed, Joint Work - Risk management of organizers in trail running events: A qualitative study of the risk and risk countermeasures
Yamaguchi, S., & Ito, E.
Japanese Journal of Lifelong Sports, 17, 1, 13, 26, 2020, refereed, Joint Work - Development of supplemental tourism itineraries and relationships between tourism satisfaction and psychological experience at the Nenrinpic Kinokuni Wakayama 2019
Ito, E.
Tourism Studies, 23, 55, 65, 2020, refereed, Single Work - Introduction of the special issue "a social psychology of leisure 2.0"
Ito, E., Loucks-Atkinson, A., & Kono, S.
Journal of Leisure Research, 51, 5, 511, 516, 2020, Not refereed, Joint Work - Concluding the special issue "a social psychology of leisure 2.0"
Kono, S., Ito, E., & Loucks-Atkinson, A.
Journal of Leisure Research, 51, 5, 643, 649, 2020, Not refereed, Joint Work - Understanding cultural variations in outdoor tourism behaviors for outdoor sport tourism development: A case of the Blue Mountains National Park
Ito, E.
Tourism Planning & Development, 18, 3, 371, 377, 2021, refereed, Single Work - Relationships between ideal positive affect and repurchase intention among sport event spectators: A case of B.LEAGUE Osaka Evessa spectators
Ito, E., Hikoji, K., & Yamaguchi, S.
Journal of Japan Society of Sports Industry, 30, 2, 207, 213, 2020, refereed, Joint Work - Predictive power of leisure constraint-negotiation models within the leisure-time physical activity context: A partial least squares structural equation modeling approach
Kono, S., Ito, E., Walker, G. J., & Gui, J.
Journal of Leisure Research, 51, 3, 325, 347, 2020, refereed, Joint Work - Sport tourism policies in Japan after the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
Ito, E.
Tourism Studies Review, 8, 1, 45, 53, 2020, refereed, Single Work - Empirical investigation of the relationship between serious leisure and meaning in life among Japanese and Euro-Canadians
Kono, S., Ito, E., & Gui, J.
Leisure Studies, 39, 1, 131, 145, 2020, refereed, Joint Work - Psychological skills and sport value orientation among kyudo college athletes
Nagano, A., & Ito, E.
Japan Journal for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance in Universities, 17, 70, 78, 2020, refereed, Joint Work - The influence of event satisfaction on destination awareness, image, and loyalty in a city marathon: Construction of participant-based brand equity for a destination
Yamaguchi, S., & Ito, E.
Journal of Japan Society of Sports Industry, 30, 1, 13, 30, 2020, refereed, Joint Work - Development of cross-culturally informed leisure-time physical activity constraint and constraint negotiation typologies: The case of Japanese and Euro-Canadian adults
Ito, E., Kono, S., & Walker, G. J.
Leisure Sciences, 42, 5/6, 411, 429, 2020, refereed, Joint Work - Relationships of involvement and interdependent happiness between domestic and international Japanese masters games tourists
Ito, E., & Hikoji, K.
Annals of Leisure Research, 24, 2, 262, 268, 2021, refereed, Joint Work - Similarities and differences in constraints and constraint negotiation among Japanese sport tourists: A case of masters games participants
Ito, E., & Kono, S.
Journal of Sport & Tourism, 23, 2/3, 63, 77, 2020, refereed, Joint Work - Motivation for marathon event participation and tourism activities among participants in the Suwako Marathon: A comparison between sport tourists and sport excursionists who travel with or without co
Ito, E., & Fujimori, M.
Japanese Journal of Lifelong Sports, 16, 2, 1, 11, 2020, refereed, Joint Work - The relationships between involvement with the masters games participation and interdependent happiness among masters games participants across leisure participation patterns: A case study with an onl
Kojima, K., & Ito, E.
Japanese Journal of Lifelong Sports, 16, 1, 11, 20, 2019, refereed, Joint Work - Relationships between motivation of the cycling event participants and management cooperation, re-participation intention, and word-of-mouth
Takamatsu, S., Yamaguchi, S., & Ito, E.
Journal of Physical Education and Sports Science, 28, 1, 6, 2019, refereed, Joint Work - Constraints to supplemental tourism activities among Japanese outbound sport tourists: A case study of Japanese participants in the Asia Pacific Masters Games 2018 Penang
Kojima, K., Ito, E., Yoshimura, M., Fujimori, M., & Sakamoto, N.
Tourism Studies, 21, 27, 34, 2019, refereed, Joint Work - Theorizing leisure's roles in the pursuit of ikigai (life worthiness): A mixed-methods approach
Kono, S., Walker, G. J., Ito, E., & Hagi, Y.
Leisure Sciences, 41, 4, 237, 259, 2019, refereed, Joint Work - Cultural similarities and differences in the relationship between types of leisure activity and happiness in Canadian, Chinese, and Japanese university students
Ito, E., Walker, G. J., Mitas, O., & Liu, H.
World Leisure Journal, 61, 1, 30, 42, 2019, refereed, Joint Work - A comparison of immediate and retrospective affective reports in leisure contexts
Ito, E., Walker, G. J., & Kono, S.
Journal Leisure Research, 50, 1, 48, 55, 2019, refereed, Joint Work - Are leisure constraints models reflective or formative?: Evidence from confirmatory tetrad analyses
Kono, S., Ito, E., & Loucks-Atkinson, A.
Leisure Sciences, 44, 1, 55, 76, 2022, refereed, Joint Work - Research, lifelong sport, and travel: Sustainable sport tourism in the prefecture of Okinawa
Hinch, T., & Ito, E.
Japanese Journal of Lifelong Sports, 15, 2, 1, 13, 2018, Not refereed, Joint Work - Application of the affect valuation theory to re-participation intention and word-of-mouth in the cycle sport event
Ito, E., Yamaguchi, S., & Takamatsu, S.
Japanese Journal of Lifelong Sports, 15, 2, 15, 22, 2019, refereed, Joint Work - Constraints and constraint negotiation among international masters games participants: A report on Japanese participants in the World Masters Games 2017 Auckland
Hikoji, K., & Ito, E.
Japanese Journal of Lifelong Sports, 15, 2, 49, 55, 2019, refereed, Joint Work - Discrepancies between Japanese undergraduate students' ideal affect and actual affect in social contexts and life domains
Ito, E., Walker, G. J., & Mannell, B.
International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, 1, 3, 227, 240, 2018, refereed, Joint Work - Constraints and constraint negotiation when participating in domestic and international masters games
Ito, E., & Hikoji, K.
International Journal of Sport and Health Science, 16, 120, 127, 2018, refereed, Joint Work - Multiphase affective experience during walking on Kumano Kodo
Nagano, S., & Ito, E.
Japanese Journal of Lifelong Sports, 15, 1, 11, 23, 2018, refereed, Joint Work - Relationships among self-construal, control, and positive affect in Japanese undergraduate students' leisure experience
Ito, E., & Walker, G. J.
World Leisure Journal, 60, 1, 14, 28, 2018, refereed, Joint Work - Sustainable sport tourism in Japan
Hinch, T., & Ito, E.
Tourism Planning & Development, 18, 1, 96, 101, 2018, refereed, Joint Work - Sustainable sport tourism development in a semi-mountainous area: A case study of outdoor sports in Yoshino River
Yamaguchi, S., Takamatsu, S., Ito, E., & Okayasu, I.
Japanese Journal of Lifelong Sports, 14, 2, 41, 52, 2018, refereed, Joint Work - A review of the establishment process in sport commission in Japan: A case study of Saitama, Niigata, and Fukuoka cities
Ito, E., Yamaguchi, S., Yamaguchi, Y., Ito, K., & Takami, A.
Journal of Eventology, 2, 1, 13, 18, 2017, refereed, Joint Work - A systematic review of sport tourism research in Japan
Ito, E., & Hinch, T.
Japan Journal of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences, 62, 2, 773, 787, 2017, refereed, Joint Work - Perceived benefits of sport participation for people with dementia: A case study of the running events in Wakayama
Uenoyama, Y., & Ito, E.
Journal of Asiania Sport for All, 14, 1, 4, 12, 2017, refereed, Joint Work - Cardiometabolic risk factors in type 2 diabetes with high fat and low muscle mass: At baseline and in response to exercise
Terada, T., Boule, N. G., Forhan, M., Prado, C., Kenny, G., Prud'homme, D., Ito, E., & Sigal, R. J.
Obesity, 25, 5, 881, 891, 2017, refereed, Joint Work - A cross-cultural/national study of Canadian, Chinese, and Japanese university students' leisure satisfaction and subjective well-being
Ito, E., Walker, G. J., Liu, H., & Mitas, O.
Leisure Sciences, 39, 2, 186, 204, 2017, refereed, Joint Work - Mainland Chinese Canadian immigrants' leisure satisfaction and subjective well-being: Results of a two year longitudinal study
Walker, G. J., & Ito, E.
Leisure Sciences, 39, 2, 174, 185, 2017, refereed, Joint Work - Cultural commonality and specificity in Japanese and Euro-Canadian undergraduate students' leisure experiences: An exploratory study on control and positive affect
Ito, E., & Walker, G. J.
Leisure Sciences, 38, 3, 249, 267, 2016, refereed, Joint Work - Effects of motivation and constraint on the outdoor recreation participation of late adolescents: Cultural similarities and differences between Japan and Canada
Ito, E., Yamaguchi, S., Okayasu, I., Kitamura, K., & Walker, G. J.
Japan Journal of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences, 61, 1, 11, 27, 2016, refereed, Joint Work - Similarities and differences in outdoor recreation constraints between proactive and reactive response groups
Ito, E., Yamaguchi, S., Okayasu, I., & Walker, G. J.
Japanese Journal of Lifelong Sports, 12, 2, 25, 33, 2016, refereed, Joint Work - A systematic review of non-Western and cross-cultural/national leisure research
Ito, E., Walker, G. J., & Liang, H.
Journal of Leisure Research, 46, 2, 226, 239, 2014, refereed, Joint Work - Similarities and differences in leisure conceptualizations between Japan and Canada and between Japanese leisure-like terms
Ito, E., & Walker, G. J.
Leisure/Loisir, 38, 1, 1, 19, 2014, refereed, Joint Work - Ideal affect, actual affect, and affect discrepancy during leisure and paid work
Mannell, B., Walker, G. J., & Ito, E.
Journal of Leisure Research, 46, 1, 13, 37, 2014, refereed, Joint Work - Relationship between lifelong sport/leisure and community in Alberta, Canada
Okayasu, I., Ito, E., & Yamaguchi, S.
Japanese Journal of Lifelong Sports, 9, 1/2, 49, 55, 2013, refereed, Joint Work - The Americanization of Japanese professional baseball fans: The case of Bobby Valentine and the Chiba Lotte Marines
Ito, E., Walker, G. J., & Nogawa, H.
Journal of Asiania Sport for All, 11, 1, 108, 124, 2011, refereed, Joint Work - The role of leisure in the assimilation of Brazilian immigrants into Japanese society: Acculturation and structural assimilation through judo participation
Ito, E., Nogawa, H., Kitamura, K., & Walker, G. J.
International Journal of Sport and Health Science, 9, 8, 14, 2011, refereed, Joint Work - Needs of spectator satisfaction and seating preference factors on the basis of seating zone: The case study of the Chiba Lotte Marines
Ito, E., & Nogawa, H.
Japanese Journal of Lifelong Sports, 6, 2, 27, 37, 2010, refereed, Joint Work
Books etc
- 2024
- Leisure matters: Exploring leisure in a changing world
Kono, S., & Ito, E.
Leisure in Japan, Sagamore-Venture, 2024 - White paper of sports 2023
Ito, E.
Community development through sports, Sasakawa Sports Foundation, 2023 - Baseball and cultural heritage
Ito, E., Hikoji, K., & Chogahara, M.
Baseball heritage in Japan: A case of the Masters Koshien, University Press of Florida., 2022 - Ito, E.
2022 - Sport tourism: The impact of mega events in Japan
Ito, E.
Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, 2021 - Understanding the sports industry (7h ed.)
Ito, E.
Sport tourism development, Kyorin Shoin, 2021 - Ito, E.
Japan Association for the Promotion of Creative Events, 2021 - Tourism development in Japan: Themes, issues and challenges
Ito, E., & Hinch, T.
A systematic review of sport tourism research in Japan, Routledge, 2020 - Sport tourism development (3rd ed.)
E. Ito & S. Yamaguchi, Trans.
Koyo Shobo, 2020 - Sports volunteers around the globe: Meaning and understanding of volunteering and its societal impact
Ikeji, T., Ito, E., Fairley, S., & Yamaguchi, S.
Japan, Springer, 2019 - Meanings of leisure in Japan
Ito, E.
Koyo Shobo, 2018 - Handbook of lifelong sport (4th ed.)
Ito, E.
Tradition and culture of lifelong sport, Ichimura, 2018 - Sport Tourism Development (3rd edition)
Ito, E.
Culture, ideal affect, and sport tourist motivations (case study), Channel View Publications, 2018 - Introduction to tourism studies
Ito, E.
Tourism and emotion, Nakanishiya, 2016
Conference Activities & Talks
- 2024, Joint Work, Not refereed
- Does sport tourism enhance life satisfaction?: A comparative analysis of general tourism, participation-based sport tourism, and spectator-based sport tourism
Ito, E., Ota, A., Cong, W., & Kono, S.
The 11th TTRA Asia Pacific Annual Chapter Conference, 2024, Joint Work, refereed - Emotional solidarity and behavioral intentions among Japanese football away tourists
Cong, W., & Ito, E.
The 11th TTRA Asia Pacific Annual Chapter Conference, 2024, Joint Work, refereed - Supplemental tourism activities among away football spectators in Japan: A focus on spectator and tourist orientations
Ota, A., & Ito, E.
The 11th TTRA Asia Pacific Annual Chapter Conference, 2024, Joint Work, refereed - Potential contributions of sport tourism to rural regeneration in Tanabe, Wakayama: The case of Kumano Kodo and aikido
Ito, E.
Tourism for Recovery, Resilience and Regeneration in Rural and Peripheral Areas, 2024, Single Work, Not refereed - 2024, Joint Work, Not refereed
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- 2024, Joint Work, Not refereed
- 2024, Single Work
- Awe on Kumano Kodo with kataribe: Integrating self-report and psychophysiological measurements
Ito, E., Kono, S., Tanisho, K., & Kawanishi, T.
Asia Pacific Tourism Association 2024 Conference, 2024, Joint Work, refereed - Stadium authenticity and attachment at the National Stadium for stadium tourism development in Japan
Ota, A., & Ito, E.
Asia Pacific Tourism Association 2024 Conference, 2024, Joint Work - Sport tourism development in Japan
Ito, E.
Student Development Seminar 2024 at Kasetsart University, 2024, Single Work - 2024, Joint Work
- 2024, Joint Work
- Unveiling the impact of kataribe guides on awe experiences along Kumano Kodo
Eiji Ito, Shintaro Kono, Kei Tanisho, Tsukasa Kawanishi
The 15th Biennial Australia and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies Conference 2023, 2023, Joint Work - Visualizing the growth of emotional solidarity research in leisure and tourism using CiteSpace
Wei Cong, Eiji Ito
The 15th Biennial Australia and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies Conference 2023, 2023, Joint Work - Investigating spectator motivation in women's football: A comparative analysis of integrated and independent clubs in the WE League
Akari Ota, Eiji Ito
The 15th Biennial Australia and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies Conference 2023, 2023, Joint Work - 2023, Joint Work
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- 2023, Joint Work
- 2023, Single Work
- Exploring the synergy between Kumano Kodo and aikido for sport tourism development in Wakayama, Japan
Ito, E.
The 9th Asian Forum of the Sport Sciences for the Next Generation, 2023, Single Work - Determinants of stadium attendance in the Japanese women's professional football league: Insights from the WE League
Ota, A. & Ito, E.
The 9th Asian Forum of the Sport Sciences for the Next Generation, 2023, Joint Work - Visualizing the evolution of emotional solidarity research in tourism studies: A Cite Space analysis approach
Cong, W. & Ito, E.
The 9th Asian Forum of the Sport Sciences for the Next Generation, 2023, Joint Work - 2023, Single Work, Not refereed
- Does understanding of World Heritage pilgrimage routes foster awe-inspiring experiences?: A case of a Kumano Kodo walking virtual reality video
Ito, E., Kono, S., Tanisho, K., & Kawanishi, T.
The 17th Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, 2023, Joint Work, refereed - 2023, Single Work, Not refereed
- Sport and rural tourism development: The case of Wakayama
Ito, E.
Building Rural Tourism Resilience: Benchmarking Approaches from Japan and Australia, 2022, Single Work - 2022, Joint Work
- 2022, Joint Work
- 2022, Joint Work
- Effects of eudaimonic and hedonic motivations on leisure interpretation: An experience sampling perspective
Gui, J., Kono, S., & Ito, E.
2022 The Academy of Leisure Sciences Conference, 2022, Joint Work, refereed - Sustainable Mega Sport Events Must Respond to SDG 13 (Climate Action): Insights from Japan
Ito, E., & Higham, J.
UNWTO World Sports Tourism Congress, 2021, Joint Work, refereed - 2021, Joint Work, Not refereed
- Joint Work
- Cultural variations in outdoor tourism behaviors in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area
Ito, E.
SEAMA 2020, 2020, Single Work - Comparing the influence of cultural experience on city image before and after participation in the Kobe Marathon in Japan
Yamaguchi, S., Yamaguchi, Y., Ito, K., Aoyama, M., & Ito, E.
The 27th European Association for Sport Management Conference, Joint Work - Joint Work
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- Similarities and differences in constraints and constraint negotiation among Japanese sport tourists: The case of masters games participants
Ito, E., & Kono, S.
The 25th Asia Pacific Tourism Association Conference, Joint Work - Smartphone-based experience sampling method study of leisure and life worth living
Kono, S., Ito, E., & Gui, J.
The 2019 The Academy of Leisure Sciences Research Institute, 2019, Joint Work - Single Work
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- Similarities and differences in the relationships of involvement and happiness between international and domestic sport tourists
Ito, E. & Hikoji, K.
The 7th Asian Forum for the Next Generation of the Social Sciences of Sport, Joint Work - Life satisfaction and leisure involvement across leisure participation patterns
Kojima, K., & Ito, E.
The 7th Asian Forum for the Next Generation of the Social Sciences of Sport, Joint Work - How does sport sponsorship contribute to purchase intention?
Yoshimura, M., Yamaguchi, S., & Ito, E.
The 7th Asian Forum for the Next Generation of the Social Sciences of Sport, Joint Work - A cross-cultural investigation of leisure, place attachment, and meaning in life
Kono, S., Ito, E., Okayasu, I., & Walker, G. J.
The XIX International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology, Joint Work - Does leisure involvement relate to interdependent happiness among Japanese masters athletes?
Ito, E., & Hikoji, K.
The XIX International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology, Joint Work - Single Work
- Joint Work
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- Constraints and constraint negotiation when participating in domestic and international masters games
Ito, E., & Hikoji, K.
The 6th Asian Forum for the Next Generation of the Social Sciences of Sport, Joint Work - Does sports club membership make our lives worthier through social capital?
Kono, S., Ito, E., & Gui, J.
The 6th Asian Forum for the Next Generation of the Social Sciences of Sport, Joint Work - Need satisfaction of Kumano-Kodo walkers
Fujimori, M., Yoshimura, M., Sakamoto, N., Nagano, A., & Ito, E.
The 6th Asian Forum for the Next Generation of the Social Sciences of Sport, Joint Work - Discrepancies between Japanese undergraduate students' ideal affect and actual affect in leisure/non-leisure and social contexts
Ito, E., Walker, G. J., & Mannell, B.
The 15th Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, Joint Work - Are leisure constraints models reflective or formative?
Kono, S., Ito, E., & Walker, G. J.
The 15th Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, Joint Work - Hong Kong Chinese workers' ideal affect and actual affect during leisure, and their correspondence: A follow-up to Mannell et al (2014)
Gui, J., Walker, G. J., & Ito, E.
The 15th Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, Joint Work - Balancing striving and enjoyment through leisure towards ikiagi or a life worth living: A structural equation modeling test of a grounded theory
Kono, S., Walker, G. J., & Ito, E.
The 15th Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, Joint Work - Understanding Japanese conceptualizations of volunteering
Fairley, S., Yamaguchi, S., & Ito, E.
The Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference 2016, Joint Work - Single Work
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- Tourism research in Japan: Wakayama University's Center for Tourism Research
Ito, E.
Travel and Tourism Research Association Canada Chapter Conference, Single Work - Cultural commonalities in constraints to leisure-time physical activity between Japanese and Euro-Canadians
Ito, E., Kono, S., & Walker, G. J.
The 5th Asian Forum for the Next Generation of the Social Sciences of Sport, 2016, Joint Work - The intentions of volunteering at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games and past volunteer experiences: The roles of different types of volunteer activities
Jinno, A., Satake, M., Ito, M., Sunada, H., Yagi, Y., & Ito, E.
The 5th Asian Forum for the Next Generation of the Social Sciences of Sport, 2016, Joint Work - Cultural similarities and differences in constraints to leisure-time physical activity between Japanese and Euro-Canadians
Ito, E., Kono, S., & Walker, G. J.
The 12th Biennial Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies Conference, Joint Work - Joint Work
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- Chinese-Canadian immigrants' leisure satisfaction and subjective well-being: A longitudinal study
Walker, G. J., & Ito, E.
The 14th Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, Joint Work - Single Work
- Ideal and actual affect deficiency during leisure and work
Mannell, B., Ito, E., & Walker, G. J.
2013 National Recreation and Park Association Leisure Research Symposium, Joint Work - Effects of culture and leisure participation on university students' control
Ito, E., & Walker, G. J.
2013 National Recreation and Park Association Leisure Research Symposium, Joint Work - Effects of willingness, constraints, and constraint negotiation on casino gambling
Walker, G. J., & Ito, E.
2012 National Recreation and Park Association Leisure Research Symposium, Joint Work - Review of non-Western, cross-national, and cross-cultural leisure research
Ito, E., Liang, H., & Walker, G. J.
2012 National Recreation and Park Association Leisure Research Symposium, Joint Work - Inbound leisure and sport tourists to Japan
Okayasu, I., Watanabe, Y., Ito, E., & Nogawa, H.
The Inaugural International Academy of Sportology, Joint Work - 2008, Joint Work
- Roles and functions of a martial arts school for Japanese Brazilians in Japan: Assimilation process of Japanese Brazilians migrants
Ito, E., & Nogawa, H.
The 2007 Conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Joint Work - Joint Work
- Joint Work
- Another Americanization: From yakyuu fans to baseball fans
Ito, E., & Nogawa, H.
The 2006 Conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Joint Work - Joint Work
- Joint Work
Other Research Activities
Awards & Honors
- 2024, Ota, A., & Ito, E., Asia Pacific Tourism Association 2024 Conference, Best Paper Award (Thesis-in-Progress), Stadium Authenticity and Attachment at the National Stadium for Stadium Tourism Development in Japan
- 2024
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023, Akari Ota, Eiji Ito, The 9th Asian Forum of the Sport Sciences for the Next Generation, Best Poster Presentation Award, Determinants of stadium attendance in the Japanese women's professional football league: Insights from the WE League
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2022
- Joint Student Symposium on Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Research, Undergraduate Student Presentation Award (Group Presentation)
- The 7th Asian Forum for the Next Generation of the Social Sciences of Sport, 2018 Best Student Paper Award, How does sport sponsorship contribute to purchase intention?
- The 6th Asian Forum for the Next Generation of the Social Sciences of Sport, 2017 Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Influences of Walking on Kumano-Kodo on Affective Experience
- The 5th Asian Forum for the Next Generation of the Social Sciences of Sport 2016, Best Student Paper Award, The intentions of volunteering at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games and past volunteer experiences: The roles of different types of volunteer activities
- Eiji Ito, University of Alberta, F.S. Chia PhD Recruitment Scholarship