This paper aims to clarify the planning characteristics of the newly built, detached dwelling in Kagoshima city. Main conclusions are as follows; 1) The 1st floor plan types of the dwelling in Kagoshima City are classified into the same 6 plan types as those in Hokuriku region. 2) The typical configuration of the housing lot in Kagoshima City is 7.2 ken (13.0 m) in the frontage by 7.7 ken (13.9 m) in the depth, while that of Hokuriku region is 6.4 ken (11.5 m) by 9.3 ken (16.7 m) . The housing lot in Kagoshima City is constituted by the wider frontage by 0.8 ken (1.5 m) and shorter depth by 1.6 ken (2.8m) than that in Hokuriku region. 3) Hence Middle Corridor type is the most typical dwelling plan type in Kagoshima City. However, this dwelling plan type is scarcely in existence in Hokuriku region, because Middle Coridor type is constituted by the longer frontage, that is, 6 (10.8m) to 8 ken (14.4m).
