"Smart Island Promotion Demonstration Survey Project 2020"
in Awashima Island Mitoyo City Kagawa Prefecture
is kicked off.
The project starts as one of plans of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism from October 2nd and it aims to solve problems of remoteislands by introducing new technologies.
1. Organization of project
The project is consisted of an organization named "Mitoyo City Awashima
Smart Island Promotion Council". The representative organization is Mitoyo Cityand participant organizations are as follows.
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., LtdAnabuki Enter Prise Inc.
Denno Kotsu,Inc.
Kagawa Medical Association
Kamomeya Inc.
Koezuka Laboratory, Faculty of Law, Kagawa University
Melody International, Ltd.
Mitsui Bussan Automotive Inc.
Remote Island Medical Welfare Research Conference, Kagawa Saiseikai
Seto Inland Sea Regional Research Center, Kagawa University
Ubiden, Inc.
2. purpose of project
Awashima has no public transportation service.
Therefore, islanders who
don't have own car have been very inconvenient, because they have been forced
to go to center of the island or clinics on foot or on ship. On the other hand,
Awashima is also an island where regional revitalization is progressing with thekey-words "art and environment", such as the holding of the Setouchi Triennale
and the cooperation agreement with the general incorporated association TARAJAPAN.
The project aims to establish a sustainable island infrastructure from theperspectives of "movement", "medical care" and "logistics", and to create anenvironment where the islanders are able to continue to live affluently, and torevitalize the remote island areas.
1Awashima may be to say a microcosm of the future of Mitoyo City. So, theproject objective is also to demonstrate the creation of multi-polar decentralizednetwork that Mitoyo City expectations, and to survey the living infrastructurenecessary to creating the town suitable for new lifestyle, such as "With Corona".
3. Outline of efforts(1) Establishing mobility in the island by using Green Slow Mobility (GSM)
The project will carry out the demonstration operationof GSM to secure the move in the island, by setting up
stops of GSM at Awashima Port, clinics, villages, etc.
At the same time, by equipping with a vehicle
reservation-operation management system, it will carry out thedemonstration of advance reservations, as well as analyzes driving data anduser movement data.
In addition, since GSM runs on electricity, which is generated by solar
panels at Awashima, it is able to realize environmentally friendly
transportation infrastructure suitable to Awashima.
(2) Establishing transportation services with new communication infrastructure
Toward aiming to create unmanned aerial transportation system in future,
the project will demonstrate the transportation ofmedicines and foods by unmanned drone.
In addition, the project will verify the communication
infrastructure, also considering the provision of informationin the event of a natural disaster, suitable for remote island.
(3) Establishing new medical system by using ICT
To ensure the health, safety and security of the islanders, it needs to
conduct online conversations and medical treatments with doctor at hospitalof mainland side, when doctor is absent at the clinic of island side. For this,the project will demonstrate
a telemedicine systemsuch as online medicalcare including medication.

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