The changing process of commercial accumulation in Kanazawa since the Meiji era

The case of Owaricho

Abstract

This research tried to elucidate why and how the shopping district of the Owaricho was declining since the middle of the Showa era by directing attention to the long-term changes in the number of the stores, especially long-established ones,  in Owaricho. In order to show the changes this study mainly made use of the land register, "Tochidaicho",  of the Owaricho , and the way used in this work could be applied in other regions in Japan because most of the areas in Japan possess "Tochidaicho". This method can lay a foundation of the long-term resesarch on a shopping district.