KIGAWA is Professor of the Faculty of Tourism, Wakayama University. He was born in Nishijin District of Kyoto, which is known as a district of Japanese film making. After graduating Kyoto Institute of Technology, he explored several countries, Sri lanka, China, and USA as an architect and studied urban morphology at University College London. After coming back to Japan, he has carried out research on how to distill narrative stories from local cities; and, has written screenplays on Rakugo and short films. He produced several short films as a producer and a director. Currently, he manages film festivals, Fukui Short Film Festival and Japan World’s Tourism Film Festival as a general director.