The study clarifies the structure of dwelling styles in family lives in rural housing where modernization has been in progress, focusing on their modern and traditional aspects. The samples are used to show the elements observable in behavioral patterns. The study is believed to yield a basic explanation about the behavioral patterns underlying the dwelling styles of modern Japanese. Behavioral patterns related to modern rural housing are diversified, but can be classified into several dominant categories. This categorization became possible because the way these dwelling styles were consolidated through socialization and firmly lodged as permanent in our society, has been actualized.
