A Study on the Form of Urban Blocks and on Presentation in Town Festival

The Tradition and Transfiguration at Gion Festival, Kyoto

Abstract

WE HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH PRESERVATION ORGANIZATION IN GION MATSURI AREA ON FUNCTIONS OF TOWN COMMUNITY HOUSES AND TOWN ORGANIZATIONS. BASED ON ACQUIRED DATA AND SOCIAL INFRASTRCTURE WE ANALYZED RELATION BETWEEN TOWN COMMUNITY AND FESTIVAL-MANAGING ORGANIZATION FROM THE STRUCTUAL AND MANAGERIAL POINT OF VIEW. NEXT WE CLARIFIED HOW EACH ITEM OF FESTIVAL PROGRAMS IS CARRIED OUT BY FESTIVAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ANALYZED MECHANISMS OF FESTIVAL MANAGIMENT BY TOWN COMMUNITY. WE THEN DEFINED NECESSITY OF FUNCTIONS OF TOWN COMMUNITY HOUSES AS FINANCIAL FOUNDATION OF FESTIVAL-MANAGING ORGANIZATION AND AS COMMON FACILITIES AND CONSIDERED HOW THOSE ORGANAIZATIONS HAVE MAINTAINED THEMSELVES.