Abstract
Old villages has not been developed or damaged during the World War II, but surrounded by new urban areas. This study attempts to consider the possibility of maintaining the old village's community sustainable through analytical study for newcomer-residents' participation in conventional festivals of old villages in Osaka city. Survey analysis is done as follows; first, interviews are established with village's festival organizers. Secondly, questionnaire surveys are conducted on festival participants and residents of the urban areas surrounding old villages of the case study. Consequently, the actual conditions of the management and participation mechanism of festivals are identified and consciousness of the participants and residents is clarified. The result showed that residents of the urban areas surrounding old villages are incessant audiences at festivals and tended to interpret them approvingly. Finally, the results indicated that attending festivals potentially made the newcomer-residents feel closely to their new living district as their hometown.
