Host: The City Planning Institute of Japan
In this study, firstly the author revealed the process of transition from Traditional Neighborhood Organization to Neighborhood Association (Cho-kai) in Tokyo area. Secondly the author tried to clarify the relation between the area of Neighborhood Organization and this process focusing on border, topography, village shrine and peculiar activity in three districts (Jyu-jyo, Higasimukoujima and Shikahama). The conclusion as follows; In Jyu-jyo district, the characteristic of Traditional Neighborhood Organization was lost in the Ordering Cho-kai in tokyo area. In the other districts, the borders, village shrines and peculiar activities effected not to change the Organization in spite of urbanization and the Ordering Cho-kai in Tokyo area. The relation between regional place and the process of transition of Neighborhood Organization affected the feature of present Neighborhood Association.
