Nama : Syaripah Rohmanilah

Kelas : 1-B
NIM : 1162080074

RELIGION AS ATTRACTION :
RELATIONS IN A
JAPANESEFESTIVAL

Abstract
Recently this trend has changed to one
The paper investigates the shifts in the
of deemphasising
tourist
tourism and accentuating the
orientation of a village festival in Tokyo,
traditional
Japan.
attributes of the festival. It might be
The place in question, Tsukuda, has
been a tourist
argued
destination in Tokyo for more than two
that this would destroy tourist interest in
hundred
the
years because of its village atmosphere.
festival, but such is not the case. While
The local
there
festival celebrating the Sea God has
has
become a
been some decline in the number of
tourist attraction. The festival is held
tourists
once every
present,
three years and is experienced by
both Japanese and international tourists
thousands of
came
tourists. The study is based on long-
to see the recent festival in 2005.
term fieldwork
Spectators
from 1984 to the present.
expressed
The exposure of the festival to tourism
satisfaction in the authentic appearance
has shifted
of
over the years. In times of duress, such
festival performances, a lack of tourist
as during
staging
urbanisation drives in the 1960s and a
and
threatened
their physical proximity to the
urban razing in the 1980s, tourism was
performers.
fostered
Religious
as a means to rally support for local
tourism opens a number of options for
preservation.
the
This culminated in tentative commercial
persone.
tourism
in the 1990s, when festival clothing was
in charge. In some cases a chosen lack
sold as
of
souvenirs and spectator stands were
tourist
opened.
 Keywords: Religious tourism, festivals,
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experience adaptation.
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