An Analysis of Changes in the Location of Businesses in Traditional Craft Production Area

This study analyzes changes in the location of factories and wholesalers involved in the lacquerware industry in the Kawada district of Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture.First, the number of factories and wholesalers by process was tabulated for 1998 and 2024.Next, the locations of factories and wholesalers were identified and mapped, and the changes in the number of factories and wholesalers by process and by district were compared.While the number of factories involved in the traditional woodworking and painting processes decreased, the percentage of wholesalers and factories involved in the resin coating process increased.The production value of the traditional craft production area has been maintained at a certain level due to the relocation of factories that expanded their scale and continued production as a result of the construction of new roads and land readjustment projects.