Abstract
This study clarifies the human development process of Beppu Hattou Onpaku leaders in tourism-based community development. In this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted for two leaders as well as one follower and their responses were analyzed using the life story method. The results reveal the human development process followed by Beppu Hattou Onpaku leaders and three factors that influence this process; the factors are (1) Culture shock, (2) Seniors of Beppu, and (3) International relations. The preconditions are that these development factors act effectively to challenge a new thing in the face of a risk and learning from experience. The leader development process and its factors that this study revealed are stages of these hypotheses. These hypotheses require further verification.
