Insularity and Geographic Diversity of the Peripheral Japanese Islands

Preface

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

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