ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the role of the Nantoka Neighbourhood in the anti-nuclear movement after 3.11. It analyzes the way members of neighbourhood responded to the disruption caused by 3.11. The chapter discusses the idea of the neighbourhood emerged out of the coming together of various activist groupings in the mid-2000s. It also discusses the role of the print and online media associated with the Nantoka Neighbourhood in binding these geographically dispersed spaces together as a community. The chapter shows how these media functioned as an informational infrastructure for the anti-nuclear movement. It explores the importance of locality in the Shiroto no Ran movement and the way the notion of taking action in the 'space of everyday life' informed the group's activism in Koenji before and after 3.11. The chapter considers the notion of ibasho, 'a place in which to be', speculating that the precariat have constructed these autonomous spaces to give them shelter amid the harsh environment of post-industrial Tokyo.
