In the deep south of the Japanese archipelago
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Papoutsaki, Evangelia
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2025-06-19
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Yaeyama Islands (Japan)
Japan
tourism
island studies
cultural geography
environmental policy
interdisciplinary studies
geopolitics
Japan
tourism
island studies
cultural geography
environmental policy
interdisciplinary studies
geopolitics
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Papoutsaki, E. (2025). In the deep south of the Japanese archipelago. Gulf News, June, 19-23.
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/7118
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Dr Valla Papoutsaki has spent her life studying islands, from Europe to Waiheke. Valla is currently in Japan as part of a Japan Foundation Research Fellowship, conducting research on the impact of tourism on small islands. In part one of this three part series she shares her experiences in the Yaeyama Islands.
I recently visited the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa prefecture,situated in the deep south of the vast Japanese archipelago, which extends from near Taiwan all the way north to Hokkaido, close to Siberia. It was my first time visiting this part of Japan, and all my senses were height-ened, absorbing the striking contrasts in both sub-tropical landscape and social organisation.
Ishigaki City, the centre of the entire Yaeyama Islands, felt urban and heavily geared toward tourism - its old arcade has transformed into a bustling tourist thoroughfare, and the once-vibrant fish market now serves burgers and other casual eats.
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