ISSN 0916－0752
南太平洋研究︱︱South Pacific Studies

SOUTH PACIFIC STUDIES

Vol. 33, No.2, 2013

Vol. 33, No. 2

2013Contents(目 次)Research Papers
Y AMAMOTO S. ：　 Use of Capsicum on Kosrae Island, Federated States ofMicronesia………………………………………………………………………87
REHMAN H. U., NAKAYA H. and KAWAI K.: Geological Origin of the Volcanic
Islands of the Caroline Group in the Federated States of Micronesia,
Western Pacific…………………………………………………………………… 101
MENG X.:  A Study of “Senior to Senior Support” at the Time of Disaster inAmami Oshima: A Case of Supporting Elderly People in the Severe
Rainstorm Disaster in Nishinakama Village…………………………………………………………………… 119
Instructions for Contributors…………………………………………………137

鹿児島大学国際島嶼教育研究センター
KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITYRESEARCH CENTER FOR THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
1-21-24 KORIMOTO, KAGOSHIMA 890-8580, JAPANEDITORIAL BOARD“South Pacific Studies” is a semiannual, peer-reviewed, international and multidisciplinary
journal of the Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands which publishes original
research articles on all aspects of the South Pacific and its surrounding regions. South Pacific Studies
is open to all scholars and scientists. The South Pacific Studies accepts research papers, reviews,
research notes and materials.
You can submit your manuscript ONLINE. Please contact to the managing editor (SotaYAMAMOTO: sotayama@cpi.kagoshima-u.ac.jp) if you would like to submit your manuscript to thejournal.
All the communications relating to this publication should be addressed to the Publishing
Committee, Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands, Korimoto 1-21-24,
Kagoshima, 890-8580 Japan. Fax: +81-99-285-6197. E-mail: shimaken@cpi.kagoshima-u.ac.jp. The
list of the back number is available on request or at our WWW homepage: http://cpi.kagoshima-u.
ac.jp/NAKAYA Hideo*: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University (Geologyand Physical Anthropology)
HANLON David: Department of History, University of Hawai`i (Pacific and Ethnographic History)
HATANO Hiromichi: Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University (Rural nursing and Healthadministration)
JOHNSON Henry: Department of Music, University of Otago (Ethnomusicology)
KAWANISHI Motohiro: Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University (Vegetation Science and PlantEcology)
KOBARI Toru: Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University (Oceanography and Marine Ecology)
ONJO Michio: Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University (Tropical Agriculture)
RAM-BIDESI Vina: School of Islands and Oceans, University of South Pacific (Marine Policy andNatural Resource Economics)
RUBINSHUTEIN Donald: Department of Anthropology & Public Health, University of Guam(Anthropology)
TERRY James P.: Department of Geography, National University of Singapore (Pacific island
geomorphology, hydrology and natural hazards)
W ATANABE Yoshiro: Faculty of Law, Economics and Humanities, Kagoshima University(Archaeology)
YAMAMOTO Sota**: Research Center for the Pacific Islands, Kagoshima University (Ethnobotanyand Agronomy)* Editor in Chief, **Managing Editor

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The editorial board tried its best to maintain and improve the quality of the South Pacific Studies
with the help of many colleagues inside and outside Kagoshima University. The Board would
like to express its acknowledgments to the referees for their efforts in reaching this objective.
NAKAYA Hideo
Editor in Chief

REFEREES FOR VOLUME 33 (2012-2013)
IWAMOTO I. (Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University), KATAGIRI S. (Faculty of Law,Economics and Humanities, Kagoshima University), NAGASHIMA S. (Research Center for thePacific Islands, Kagoshima University), NEDACHI M. (Division of Instrumental Analysis, Naturarl
Science Center for Research and Education, Kagoshima University), NISHIMURA S. (Faculty ofLaw, Economics and Humanities, Kagoshima University), ONJO M. (Faculty of Agriculture,Kagoshima University), RAM-BIDESI V. (School of Islands and Oceans, University of SouthPacific), SAKUMA Y. (Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University), TERRY J. P. (Departmentof Geography, National University of Singapore), VEITAYAKI J. (University of South Pacific),
YONEDA T. (Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University)
２０13年３月25日
２０13年３月29日

印刷発行

発 行 鹿児島大学国際島嶼教育研究センター　　　　〒８９０－８５８０ 鹿児島市郡元１丁目２１－２４　　　　TEL（０９９）２８５－７３９４　　　　FAX（０９９）２８５－６１９７　　　　E-mail: shimaken@cpi.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
印刷所 濱島印刷株式会社　　　　〒890-0052　鹿児島市上之園町17－2　　　　TEL（０９９）255-6121Ⓒ2013 Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands

南太平

洋研

究

SOUTH PACIFIC STUDIES
Vol. 33, No. 2

2013Contents(目 次)Research Papers
Y AMAMOTO S. ：　 Use of Capsicum on Kosrae Island, Federated States ofMicronesia………………………………………………………………………87
REHMAN H. U., NAKAYA H. and KAWAI K.: Geological Origin of the Volcanic
Islands of the Caroline Group in the Federated States of Micronesia,
Western Pacific…………………………………………………………………… 101
MENG X.:  A Study of “Senior to Senior Support” at the Time of Disaster inAmami Oshima: A Case of Supporting Elderly People in the Severe
Rainstorm Disaster in Nishinakama Village…………………………………………………………………… 119
Instructions for Contributors…………………………………………………137

EDITORIAL BOARD“South Pacific Studies” is a semiannual, peer-reviewed, international and multidisciplinary
journal of the Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands which publishes original
research articles on all aspects of the South Pacific and its surrounding regions. South Pacific Studies
is open to all scholars and scientists. The South Pacific Studies accepts research papers, reviews,
research notes and materials.
You can submit your manuscript ONLINE. Please contact to the managing editor (SotaYAMAMOTO: sotayama@cpi.kagoshima-u.ac.jp) if you would like to submit your manuscript to thejournal.
All the communications relating to this publication should be addressed to the Publishing
Committee, Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands, Korimoto 1-21-24,
Kagoshima, 890-8580 Japan. Fax: +81-99-285-6197. E-mail: shimaken@cpi.kagoshima-u.ac.jp. The
list of the back number is available on request or at our WWW homepage: http://cpi.kagoshima-u.
ac.jp/NAKAYA Hideo*: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University (Geologyand Physical Anthropology)
HANLON David: Department of History, University of Hawai`i (Pacific and Ethnographic History)
HATANO Hiromichi: Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University (Rural nursing and Healthadministration)
JOHNSON Henry: Department of Music, University of Otago (Ethnomusicology)
KAWANISHI Motohiro: Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University (Vegetation Science and PlantEcology)
KOBARI Toru: Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University (Oceanography and Marine Ecology)
ONJO Michio: Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University (Tropical Agriculture)
RAM-BIDESI Vina: School of Islands and Oceans, University of South Pacific (Marine Policy andNatural Resource Economics)
RUBINSHUTEIN Donald: Department of Anthropology & Public Health, University of Guam(Anthropology)
TERRY James P.: Department of Geography, National University of Singapore (Pacific islandgeomorphology, hydrology and natural hazards)
W ATANABE Yoshiro: Faculty of Law, Economics and Humanities, Kagoshima University(Archaeology)
YAMAMOTO Sota**: Research Center for the Pacific Islands, Kagoshima University (Ethnobotanyand Agronomy)* Editor in Chief, **Managing Editor

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The editorial board tried its best to maintain and improve the quality of the South Pacific Studies
with the help of many colleagues inside and outside Kagoshima University. The Board would
like to express its acknowledgments to the referees for their efforts in reaching this objective.
NAKAYA Hideo
Editor in Chief

REFEREES FOR VOLUME 33 (2012-2013)
IWAMOTO I. (Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University), KATAGIRI S. (Faculty of Law,Economics and Humanities, Kagoshima University), NAGASHIMA S. (Research Center for thePacific Islands, Kagoshima University), NEDACHI M. (Division of Instrumental Analysis, Naturarl
Science Center for Research and Education, Kagoshima University), NISHIMURA S. (Faculty ofLaw, Economics and Humanities, Kagoshima University), ONJO M. (Faculty of Agriculture,Kagoshima University), RAM-BIDESI V. (School of Islands and Oceans, University of South
Pacific), SAKUMA Y. (Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University), TERRY J. P. (Departmentof Geography, National University of Singapore), VEITAYAKI J. (University of South Pacific),
YONEDA T. (Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University)
２０13年３月25日
２０13年３月29日

印刷
発行

発 行 鹿児島大学国際島嶼教育研究センター　　　　〒８９０－８５８０ 鹿児島市郡元１丁目２１－２４　　　　TEL（０９９）２８５－７３９４　　　　FAX（０９９）２８５－６１９７　　　　E-mail: shimaken@cpi.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
印刷所 濱島印刷株式会社　　　　〒890-0052　鹿児島市上之園町17－2　　　　TEL（０９９）255-6121Ⓒ2013 Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands

ISSN 0916－0752
南太平洋研究︱︱South Pacific Studies

SOUTH PACIFIC STUDIES

Vol. 33, No.2, 2013

Vol. 33, No. 2

2013Contents(目 次)Research Papers
Y AMAMOTO S. ：　 Use of Capsicum on Kosrae Island, Federated States ofMicronesia………………………………………………………………………87
REHMAN H. U., NAKAYA H. and KAWAI K.: Geological Origin of the Volcanic
Islands of the Caroline Group in the Federated States of Micronesia,
Western Pacific…………………………………………………………………… 101
MENG X.:  A Study of “Senior to Senior Support” at the Time of Disaster inAmami Oshima: A Case of Supporting Elderly People in the Severe
Rainstorm Disaster in Nishinakama Village…………………………………………………………………… 119
Instructions for Contributors…………………………………………………137

鹿児島大学国際島嶼教育研究センター
KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITYRESEARCH CENTER FOR THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
1-21-24 KORIMOTO, KAGOSHIMA 890-8580, JAPAN