Space in everyday life of retired japanese long stay in the city of Chiang mai

Abstract

From the expansion of the elderly society in Japan. Japanese Government has a policy to encourage the retirees to travel to foreign countries for long stay. Chiang Mai is another destination for long stays due to convenient travel, warm climates and cheaper living costs than Japan. In addition to the above factors, there are other factors that result in Japanese retirees choosing to long stay, which is the space factor. Especially the area that Japanese retirees choose to use in the Everyday life. “The Everyday life space” in this article is the theoretical framework that arises from the merging. Martin Heidegger's Phenomenology and Production of space of Henri Lefebvre, which is a concept used to describe the relationship between people, space and spatial practice that happens in the Everyday life. This article introduces the concept of Everyday life space to describe the usage of the area of the Japanese retirement group and the characteristics of space that they were used in the city, both in city area, district area and the architectural space, to look for the use of the area of the Japanese retirement group who long stay in the focuses area and the characteristics of space and

architecture that encourages the use in everyday life. Including identifying the relationship between the Being and the Everyday life of the sample group through spatial practice. Which resulted in Japanese retirees choosing to live long stay happily, and causing the neighborhood of Japanese retirees in Chiang Mai