The aim of this study is to do the research on the spatial structure of the old villages of the Meiji era in Ishigaki Island. The process of this research is as follows.
(1) Materials such as old maps and aerial photos have been collected, analyzed and classified.
(2) The restorations of the old villages have been made by using the results of the consecutive field works and the materials written above.
(3) The restorations have been analyzed and classified.
(4) Change of the spatial composition of the present village was analyzed from Meiji Era.
