Abstract
There are many illuminated objects in Nakanoshima which represents “Capital of water” Osaka. The purpose of this study is to clarify how people recognize the nightscape in Nakanoshima by taken photographs and to clarify the nightscape's characteristics in Nakanoshima by the correlative analysis with the illuminance index we define. We clarified there were seven types of nightscape in Nakanoshima. In addition, The type of the nightscape is different even if depending in area. Moreover, We defined “vertical-horizontal illuminance ratio” and clarified it has correlation with taking photograph.