The aim of this study is to investigate the situation of present waterways and the influence of measures adopted to improve waterways in Yanagawa. The purpose of a measure has changed according to a social conditions. Recently, it attaches importance to the maintenance management of waterways involved with the citizen. As a result of our survey, it is revealed that the public space is expanding along the waterway shores, and that such spaces have various forms, not only the same form as in early modern times, but also new forms brought by the direct connection between a dwelling space and a waterway.
