Abstract
This paper proposed a hypothesis about a method of narrative description in regional research and practical policy studies. Descriptive expression and analytical description as follows were presented with the real descriptive materials of victims of Minamata disease. (1) Descriptions were sorted by episodes, the backgrounds of geography, history, and ethnography, and discussion. (2) In discussion, analysts’ reflections and discoveries, including their attitudinal changes, were described. (3) The discussion focused on life, vitality and sustainability. (4) The discussion was described with the expectation to obtain agreement and attitudinal change of readers. The result suggested that the discrimination against bleaching fishermen in the area delayed the relief of victims of Minamata disease, and the regional division due to the appearance of modern factories was an underlying cause of Minamata disease. This method could be a qualitative analysis in regional research and practical policy studies.
