In Shimane Prefecture the number of Kominkan began to decrease in 2005. By 2015, they decreased by 152 Kominkan. The main reason for this is the shift from Kominkan to Community centers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the transition process and the changes in facility management, usage conditions, and to clarify the effects and issues of the transition. It became clear that the transition from Kominkan to Community centers is a matter for each local government to judge, but when considering it, it is important to keep the function that Kominkan has played in past community development.

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This study aimed to clarify the transformation of age structure according to change of company housing area. We focused on coal mining city as advanced shrinking area. The results made the following things clear; (1) Varied housing supplies in company housing sites (ex. continuation of company houses, constructions of detached houses in phases and constructions of various public houses) can lead to diversity of age structure. (2) Development of detached housing area for coal mine workers by coal mining company leads to rapider aging than normal development and can cause imbalance of age structure.

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