The study of consumption spaces and agglomeration of contemporary performance art on Tokyo

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This study focuses on contemporary performance art, especially small theater performances, details its agglomeration structure in Tokyo and demonstrates the cultural creative function of the metropolis. A factor contributing to agglomeration and the development of small theater performances in Tokyo is that many audience members’ behaviors are similar to those of bar-hoppers. Some audience members patronize cultural institutions located around theaters before or after performances. And, for this reason, Shimokitazawa has become one of the core districts for urban subcultural industries because of these audiences and institutions located around the western part of the Yamanote Line.