A Study on the development of a sustainable historical community based development through Interpretation of Urban Festival Space and Monitor Tourism

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23614014
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Tourism Studies
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Principal Investigator: KAWAHARA SUSUMU 首都大学東京, 都市環境科学研究科, 准教授 (10367047)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OKAMURA Yu 首都大学東京, 都市環境科学研究科, 助教 (60535433) ; MATSUURA Kenjirou 三重大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (20335144) ; NAGASE Setsuji 和歌山大学, 観光学部, 講師 (10593452)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 祭り / 都市空間 / 都市形態学 / 観光まちづくり / 歴史まちづくり / 山車 / 観光者の視点 / モニターツアー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focuses on traditional Japanese festivals and aims at developing a new perspective related to an urban space and proposing a planning theory for conservation and enhancement of an urban space based on analysis of the use of an urban space at a festival and its change, and relationship between the movement of a portable shrine, floats or spectators and urban spaces.
Through thirty case studies, we revealed how a festival has appeared corresponding to an urban space and how the solidarity of local community has been developed through a festival. Further, we collected outstanding cases regarding improvement of an urban space featuring a festival. Finally, we could define the conception of ‘urban festival space’ consisting of space for parade, space for performance, space for interaction and festival scape. In addition, we could also develop a new method for preservation and enhancement of an urban space and landscape by reflecting the perspective of spectators at festival.

Free Research Field

都市計画　観光まちづくり