Research of Residents' Network through Local Community Festival Organization Mangemen in Urban Residential Area

Case of Kishimojin Oeshiki Festival in Zoshigaya

Abstract

Oeshiki (a memorial service for a founder of a Buddhism sect) Festival in Zoshigaya is a great parade festival involving more than 20 local groups. This paper shows the origin of local groups and effectiveness as a community bond. Most groups answered tha their groups are to offer community members their own places. Only a few groups are originated by local community association (chonaikai, and others are free to join. Many non-members are involved in the parade, and many of them find a group to join, through network of school friends or neighbors. Some become active memebers and they practice spacial dance using fireman's standard. These members have strong feeling of community bond, and children may have many adult neighbors greeting each other and to be taken care.