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Article: Between preservation and tourism: folk performing arts in contemporary Japan.
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- Asian Folklore Studies
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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JAPAN'S FOLK PERFORMING ARTS (minzoku geino [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.]) have long been considered as important cultural properties that must be preserved. Surprisingly, however, their relationship to tourism has not been considered in depth, even though the development of mass tourism and other social changes have markedly altered their form. In particular, the 1992 Festival Law (Omatsuriho [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.]), which promotes the exploitation of folk performing arts as tourist resources, clearly expresses the current situation of folk performing arts. Thus, before debating the pros and cons of the Festival Law, we should stop to reconsider the ways in ...