Publications

2026:

Hartikainen (in peer review) – Japanese sauna boom or bust? A preliminary investigation for a sustainable sauna tourism framework (University of Eastern Finland publication series)

Edelheim, Zhang, Liu, Hartikainen & Kinzhaeva (editing) – Walkshops as Pedagogy: Peripatetic, Multimodal and Milieu-Based Learning in Tourism and Hospitality Education (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Japanese Society of Tourism and Hospitality Educators 2026, 25, pp. 54-55)

Hartikainen & Murskaja (2026) – How is a regional wine destination constructed? Exploring storytelling through stakeholder narratives in Yoichi-Niki, Japan (Tourism Management Perspectives 61, Article 101455)

2025:

“Sauna culture beyond the boom: An exploration of values-based transformations in Japanese sauna tourism” (APTA 2025 Conference Proceedings, 2025/07/07-09)

Hartikainen (2025) – “Neolocalism and tourism: understanding a global movement” [Book Review] (Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change 23(1), 2025, pp. 71-72)

2024:

Hartikainen & Edelheim (Eds.) (2024) – TeToWaCo 2024 – Teaching Tourism Walking Conference: learning and teaching multiliteracies in tourism（CATS Library Vol.18）

Science Tuesday: “Sauna culture beyond the boom: An exploration of values-based transformations in Japanese sauna tourism /「ブームを超えたサウナ文化：日本のサウナツーリズムにおける価値観に基づく変革の探究」” (Finnish Institute in Japan, 2024/12/17)

“Säväyttävät saunat ja lumoavat löylyt – nykypäiväinen saunamatkailu Japanissa” (Tomo-lehti)

Hartikainen (2024) – “Social Distinction Through Sauna? An Interview Study of Japanese Sauna Enthusiasts and their Sakatsu (サ活)” (Michigan Journal of Asian Studies 3(2), Winter 2024, pp. 28-46)

2023:

“Saunakulttuuri Japanissa” (Suomen Itämaisen Seuran yleisöluento, Tieteiden talo)

“Distinction in sauna enthusiasts’ sakatsu: The five core categories of contemporary Japanese sauna-going” (International Conference of Japanese Literature and Culture, University of Eastern Finland)

“Sauna Culture in Japan” (Nordic Asia Podcast)

“Japanilaisen saunomisen ytimessä” (Sauna-lehti 3/2023, pp. 58-61)

Hartikainen (2023) – “Distinction in contemporary Japanese sauna-going: An analysis of sauna enthusiasts’ sakatsu” (MA Thesis, University of Helsinki)

2021:

“日本におけるサウナ文化の最前線: 社会集団としての「サウナ―」に注目して (Latest trends in Japanese sauna culture: Focusing on the ”saunner” as a social group)” (Tandem Language Learning Project [TLLP] Online Seminar, Hokkaido University)

2020:

“Helsingin yliopiston opiskelijoiden työ 2: Muuttuva japanin opetus ja työelämän kielitaitotarpeet” (Ippo-hankkeen blogi, 27. joulukuuta)

2018:

Hartikainen (2018) – “Japanese mothers in the labor market: A critical social policy outlook on motherhood and employment in Japan” (BA Thesis, University of Helsinki)