Abstract
“Kataribe-Guides” bring visitors to remnants of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and give a tour by sharing their own experience and key learning from the disaster. Two local residents, who work as “Kataribe-Guides” at the remnants of earthquake in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, have been studied as a subject in this research. Interviews were conducted with the subjects, and 49 texts have been obtained regarding the establishment and the progress of their activities. The texts have been analyzed by Steps for Coding and Theorization (SCAT). Following the SCAT procedure, descriptions of the has been extracted regarding “establishment and activities of Kataribe-Guides”, “issues Kataribe-Guides face”, and “the development potential of Kataribe-Guides’ activities”. And seven factors have been collated as “further investigation”.
