The Doda Association of
Self-government Society
( for visitors )

• Nothing in particular

• • The Doda Association of Self-Government Society represents 25 self-government associations in the Doda School area, which is located in the northeast of Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-city.

  • The Doda Association of Self-Government Society consists of 25 neighborhood associations and many other groups and related organizations.

  • Major local events include the Doda Bon Dance Festival in August and voluntary disaster prevention activities such as evacuation drills.

  • The association uses Doda Hall as a base for a variety of social welfare activities and strives to strengthen ties among residents through the various activities conducted by different groups.

• • The Doda Archives Museum was built next to the Doda Hall in 1979 when Doda Junior High School became Doda Arts and Crafts High School. The museum has about 2,200 valuable historical materials about education and local government. These include ledgers from 1869, portraits of school principals, school nameplates, and textbooks from the Meiji to Showa periods. (The collection is not open to the public.)

  • In 2019, we celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Doda School. The Doda Association of Self-Government Society held a commemoration event, opening the museum's collection to the public. In 2020, Ritsumeikan University Professor Inoue Mitsuyuki became director of the museum. A museum committee was also formed. A research group including Ritsumeikan University Professor Tanaka Satoshi was also created to research and catalogue the collection.

  • In 2019, to celebrate 150 years of Doda School, an 18-page booklet entitled "150 Years of Doda School History" was created and distributed to all households. It can also be viewed as a PDF file on this website.

  • Eight issues of the "Doda Archives Newsletter" have been made public by members of the research groups and can also be viewed on this website.

Note: Documents that can be viewed are in Japanese.

About Doda Hall

• The Doda Hall is a community hall built to the southwest of the Doda School building. It's called "Doda Kaikan" in Japanese.
  It's used as a base for the various activities carried out by the The Doda Association of Self-government Society.
  It has a conference room and a Japanese-style room.
  It's also used for various meetings sponsored by the Doda Association of Self-government Society.

Disaster prevention groundwater "Doda water"

• In 1995, we went to the site of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake as a volunteer to provide curry rice. We saw the damage caused by the water outage and realized how important drinking water is in times of disasters. This inspired us to dig a disaster prevention well on the grounds of the Doda Hall.

• The faucet is outside the hall facing the street, so anyone can use it. Water quality tests are done every year. 

• The water is pumped up from underground with an electric pump, but in 2019, an emergency manual pump was also installed. 

• We have a donation box for maintenance and management.

The antique clock at Doda Hall

• At Doda Hall, there is an antique clock with a large pendulum and weights, standing over 2m tall.

• Records have been found in the archives of the Doda Archives Museum that show that this clock was donated to Doda Elementary School by all the graduates in 1926.

• The drive mechanism has been repaired and it is not completely original, but after repairs in 2012, it still keeps time and is a rare "Abe-style electric clock" that is preserved in working order.