Community networks dissolve, and individualism and isolation sets in.
This is particularly the case when the young population moves out, and other new households move in. Most Japanese cities face this problem, bringing to the fore, a need to reverse this trend. The City of Ogaki, with a population of 150,000, is located in the Kansai region, northwest of Nagoya. These festivals were associated with the many temples in the area, and were usually a community-wide event, organized by voluntary groups composed of local residents. One of the ways in which Ogaki has attempted to solve the problem of community disintegration was to use these traditional festivals to unite the community.