Abstract
This study debates the possibility of “regional subcultures”, foccussing on the case of independent moviemen and their field in Okayama city. Not only giant metropolises but some “local cities” in Japan also have cultivated the capacity to develop subcultures. The case of Okayama's moviemen gives some facts in corroboration of this statement. Their movements have developed “a new regional movie scene” in Okayama. They have turned peripheral handicaps to advantage, and developed their styles of the activities. Their styles have distinctive features of the region, though different from traditional local ones. The distinction between new notions of controllable “cultural scene” and older notions of vernacular “cultural community”, make it possible to accentuate new regional aspects of the subculture.
