Traditional Regional Industry that supports city:

Case of Ceramic Industrial Area in Tokai Region

Abstract

　This paper aims to clarify local industry possibility that supports the region. Many of local industries of Japan have declined. However, some local industries support the region by absorbing labors of the housewife and the senior. In this paper as a case the ceramic industry of Aichi Prefecture Seto-city is discussed. This paper insists as follows.

　First, the local industry is supporting the region. However the local industry basically becomes decline, the new industry is generated and stabilizes by the local industry, and supports the region by inventing employment.

　Secondarily, the local industry becomes sustainable by absorbing labor of the housewife and the senior. Moreover, local industry is inventing employment for these groups. In general, becoming labor is difficult for this group. For instance, they cannot spent time for commuting.

　Thirdly, the reason why life-work balance exist in the local industry originated from the adjacently of working and the living area.

　Fourthly, the form of adjacently of working and living area supports local populace’s life totally. For instance, the low income doesn’t immediately become poor as a result life in the local industry city.

　Industrial independence and securing labors are the big problems in a Japanese society of the future that receives the shrinking society. The experience of learning from the local industry will play important role for the solution.