Abstract

Tarō is one of many small fishing communities on the northeastern coast of Iwate Prefecture which was decimated by Japan’s catastrophic tsunami on 11 March 2011. Historically, in most parts of the world, including Japan, post-disaster sightseeing has often been portrayed as a form of Dark Tourism emphasizing death, loss and devastation. However, in Tarō, community-led tourism post-2011 has become the catalyst for a positive, fortifying, identity-building economic development strategy infused by hope for the future referred to locally as Bōsai (Disaster Prevention) Tourism. Using an ethnographic approach, this paper argues that, unlike many post-disaster tourism sites, Bōsai Tourism in Tarō builds around place-based practices and traditional community knowledge to provide a positive, satisfying touristic experience for visitors, and gives local residents unprecedented yet tangible social, economic, and political goals to strive for as they embrace the future, designed to transform local tragedy into a local triumph.

摘要

太郎是岩手县东北海岸的众多小型渔业社区之一，该社区在 2011 年 3 月 11 日被日本灾难性海啸摧毁。历史上，在包括日本在内的世界大部分地区，灾后观光经常被描述为一种形式强调死亡、损失和破坏的黑暗旅游。然而，在太郎，2011 年后以社区为主导的旅游业已成为积极的、强化的、建立身份的经济发展战略的催化剂，该战略充满了对未来的希望，在当地称为Bōsai（防灾）旅游。本文采用民族志方法，认为与许多灾后旅游景点不同，博赛 太郎的旅游业建立在以地方为基础的实践和传统社区知识的基础上，为游客提供积极、令人满意的旅游体验，并为当地居民提供前所未有但切实可行的社会、经济和政治目标，让他们在拥抱未来的同时努力实现转型局部的悲剧变成局部的胜利。