Abstract
We wonder how the people who reside in rural areas consider their surrounding landscape ? This study was carried out for the purpose of researching into "Rural Landscape Planning Methods" in which we investigated the people in rural areas concerning the sense of beauty and preferred types of landscapes by using a questionnaire. As a result of this report, "Rural Landscape" was classified into four types of images by rural residents : "Traditional Paddy-fields Rural Landscape", "Agricultural Landscape", "Present Facilityscape" and "Disorderly Rural Landscape". According to our estimation, there are distinct differences in each local place which are caused by natural features, impact of urbanization and execution of rural development.
