After the 1950s, when have heightened interest in islands, the high interest in islands has affected research, and similar upward trends have continued in islands research that focuses on islands and tourism. It is no longer easy to even grasp the actual trends of research. This study intended to clarify research trends on islands tourism. The author collected all research papers which are searched using Web scraping with the keywords ‘Island’ and ‘Tourism’ on Science Direct. The research methods in this study are Bibliometrics and Text mining. Specifically, the author conducted four analyses, in order to clarify research trends in this study. First, the author conducted a Frequency analysis from Bibliometric point of view based on 6,967 papers from 1998 to 2021. As a result, it was clarified that annual amounts of research papers have changed to an increasing trend from 2005. Second, the author conducted a Correspondence analysis based on the top 60 most frequent words, and clarified the time-series changes from 1998 to 2021. As a result, research trends could be classified into five categories: ‘Development / Resources’, ‘Carrying Capacity / Sustainability’, ‘Risk / Disaster’, ‘Network’, and ‘Nature / Landscape’. Third, the author conducted a Cluster analysis based on the top 60 most frequent words, and summarized research trends into three clusters: ‘Tourists / Travel Destinations / Travel Experiences’, ‘Tourism Industry / Economic Growth’, and ‘Conservation / Development （SDGs） / Policy / Community’. Fourth, the author performed a Co-occurrence Network analysis based on the top 60 most frequent words, and classified the co-occurrences and relationships between the words into three categories: ‘Economic Revitalization / Regional Development and Related Policies’, ‘Behavior and Experiences of Individual Tourists’, and ‘Environmental Problems and Conservation’. Finally, based on the results of these analyses, the author concludes that research trends in islands tourism have shifted from ‘Development’ to ‘Economy’ of island regions, to ‘Nature Conservation’ since the mid-2010s, and from 2018, it was concluded that there are trends to focus on ‘SDGs’.

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This paper describes the process of the “Yunnu（Yoron）Old Photographic Survey of Island Nature and Livehood”, which has been conducted since 2020 in Yoron Island, Japan, to record the wisdom and transitions in the livelihood of the people who have lived with nature. The process analysis will examine the possibilities and challenges of preserving and inheriting regional history and culture as a participatory survey. This paper examines a new model for the inheritance of community history and culture created by recording the narratives and archiving the old photographs through collecting, exhibiting, data archiving, and web publishing, as well as research on historical materials. As a result, we concluded that this documentation of the project process itself will hopefully contribute to the future of the community archives.

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The volcanic eruption that occurred in 2000 at Mt. Oyama in Miyake Island, which is one of the Izu Islands of Tokyo, was a historically rare summit-type eruption, where a large volume of volcanic gases continued to be released over a long period of more than 10 years. All residents of the island were evacuated in September. The Miyake Island Central Clinic, which is a local medical institution, was also temporarily closed. In October, a Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters was established on the nearby Kozushima Island, and disaster recovery was carried out mainly by commuter boats. From the end of June in the following year, a medical team was regularly dispatched to support medical care on the island until the medical treatment system at the central clinic was restored in February 2005, and the islanders returned to the island. The Kozushima Island Clinic provided medical care to disaster recovery personnel and continued collaborative medical activities, such as responding to patient information from Miyake Island. Even after the residents of the island returned to the island, volcanic gases continued to be emitted. In addition to the harsh living conditions, the community with a high proportion of elderly people continues to experience a significant level of physical and mental stress. Continuous assistance from all directions, not just medical welfare, will be necessary to maintain the health of the islanders.

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