Abstract
Migrations in preindustrial Japan caused the formation of cultural island: in the rural areas of North Kanto. Although migrants have accepted many cultural traits of North Kanto, they still retain the original religion of their homeland, Hokuriku. Some of the migrant settlements exhibit distinctive economic activities, although present economic activities differ from those brought from home villages in Hokuriku. The historical examination of Tega-Shinden, a migrant community in North Kanto, revealea that the present commercially-oriented farming practices are derived from the economic behavior that the migrants brought from their homeland. This behavior has been maintained by group endogamy and community cohesiveness fostered by lemple-orientea activities. The applicability of a cultural island approach to subcultural levels in Japan became evident.
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