A study on the characteristic of the religion-related places for rituals and their relation with rural people -A case study of Hokudan-cho, Awajishima-

Abstract

There are more than 230 religion-related places for rituals in Hokudan, Awaji. The purpose of this study is to make clear the relationship between people and these places in rural village community. This study is based on the investigation about distribution in each village, symbolic elements, characteristic of locations, and religious service area of these places. It was verified that there are some rules between the characteristic of theses places and relation with people.