Echizen-hama is an underpopulated village located in Niigata city. Recently some young artists move to live there for their creative activity and hold the art event, Hamameguri, which uses traditional houses for exhibition space. Focusing on spatial and social transition caused by such an activity of newcomer as the Hamameguri, this study reveals as follow; (1) Hamameguri makes the place that residents and visitors happen to be. And they communicate each other and evolve the Hamameguri into village-wide event in Echizen-hama. (2) Because the traditional social factors that form a spatial character of traditional house are similar to a spatial demand of artists joining the Hamameguri, traditional house is suitable for exhibition space of art event.
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Hasegawa et al. (2011) studied this question.