Description
Book SynopsisThis book clarifies the geography of the peripheral Japanese islands from a variety of angles. The islands are distributed in the tropical and cool temperate zones, and the most distant inhabited islands are more than 1,000 km from the mainland. In the past, they were Japan's frontier, close to neighboring countries. However, during Japan's modernization process, the islands were positioned as backward regions, supplying food, resources, and labor. Today, the islands are considered to be on the periphery of Japan, with lifestyles different from those of the mainland. The islands are also getting attention as sightseeing locales and emigration regions attracting those who prefer country life—an image of the islands that has been created by the romanticized gaze from the Japanese mainland. The authors describe the various forms of the outlying Japanese islands and at the same time discover their common regional characteristics, as defined by the view from the mainland.
Table of ContentsPreface
Akitoshi Hiraoka
1 Cultural and Social Overview of Japanese Islands
1.1 Islands in Island Nation
1.2 Two Coordinate Axes of Islands and Mainlands’ Relation
1.3 Mapping Islands on the Coordinates
Satoshi Suyama
References
2 Conventional Studies of Japanese Islands
2.1 Trends in Japanese Island Studies since the Establishment of Modern Geography
Hisamitsu Miyauchi
2.2 Quantitative Typology of Japanese Islands
Satoshi Suyama
References
3 Positioning of Islands in Modern Japan
3.1 Albatross and Expansion of Imperial Japan
Akitoshi Hiraoka
3.2 Island Policy: Promotion and Abandonment
Satoshi Suyama
3.3 Improving Transport Infrastructure and Accessibility on Remote Islands in Japan
Hisamitsu Miyauchi
3.4 Conclusion
Satoshi Suyama
References
4 Population Flow from/to the Islands
4.1 Residential Migration on Amami Oshima: Migration Factors and Spatial Changes
Mee Ae Jung
4.2 Regional Background of Emigrants from Omishima to Manila in the Nineteenth and the early Twentieth Century
Hironao Hanaki
4.3 How to Maintain a Rural Settlement through Screening and Accepting I(L)-Turn Migrants in Amami Oshima
Koki Takahashi
4.4 Conclusion
Satoshi Suyama
References
5 Natural Hazard and Island Inhabitants
5.1 Malaria in the Modern Yaeyama Islands and Survival of Settlements
Shinako Takahashi
5.2 Reconstruction Process after the Volcanic Eruptions of Mt. Oyama on Miyake-jima in 2000
Akira Takagi and Masayuki Seto
5.3 Accommodation of People to the Habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis) in Amami Oshima: Focusing on Eradication and Segregation
Misao Hashimoto
5.4 Conclusion
Satoshi Suyama
References
6 Life Space on Islands
6.1 Formation and Change of the Port Town in Mitarai, Osaki Shimojima
Katsushi Shimizu
6.2 Catholicism and Regional Community on Amami Oshima: Frequently Changing Interpretation
Tasuku Aso
6.3 Sustainability of Life, and Food Supply on an Outlying Island: A Case Study on Suo Oshima
Hitoshi Araki
6.4 Conclusion
Satoshi Suyama
References
7 Production Space on Islands
7.1 Life Spaces and Utilizing Environment on Kikai-jima in the 1930s and 1940s
Go Fujinaga
7.2 Development of Wagyu Cattle Operations in Chiburi-jima in the Oki Islands
Kohei Oro
7.3 Small-Scale Commercial Fisheries and Sustainable Communities of Orono-shima
Masakazu Yamauchi
7.4 Conclusion
Satoshi Suyama
References
8 Tourism Development in Islands
8.1 Transformation of Zamami-jima into a Tourist Destination and the Management Style of Marine Leisure Shops
Hisamitsu Miyauchi
8.2 World Cultural Heritage and Christian Tourism in the Goto Islands
Keisuke Matsui
8.3 Development and Problems of Inbound Tourism in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture
Takehisa Sukeshige
8.4 Conclusion
Satoshi Suyama
References
9 Conclusion
9.1 Peripherization of Islands
9.2 Intersection of Gaze between Islands and Mainlands
9.3 Sustainability of Peripherized Islands
9.4 Insularity of Japanese Islands
Satoshi Suyama
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