A study on tourism town planning by medical tourism of modern sanatoriums in Shonan Coast

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K18833
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental agriculture(including landscape science)
• Research Institution: Nihon University
• Principal Investigator: OSHIDA Keiko (押田佳子) 日本大学, 理工学部, 准教授 (10465271)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: サナトリウム / メディカルツーリズム / 湘南海岸 / 近代 / 療養下宿 / 観光まちづくり / 観光効果

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we aimed to clear that medical tourism in modern Shonan coastal area. As results, it was clarified that characteristic medical tourism was developed in Chigasaki and Kamakura area. In Chigasaki, slight tuberculosis patients who received hygiene instruction from Nankoin that was called the east's best sanitarium, went around town which along Shonan coast and Tokaido rail line. In Kamakura, patients who live in villas and rooming houses were walked around the town while medical treatment and visiting hospital.

Free Research Field

観光まちづくり