抄録
Recently, the importance of public spaces has been pointed from the view of establishing the character of the area. In Otaru, some parks planed in Meiji and the beginnig of Syowa era are functioning as central park, forest park, green belt and so on. It is important to reveal the history of these park, because the changing of the roles of these parks had present the transition of their functions in urban structure. This paper, thus, explores planning processes of Otaru park, Temiya park and Hiraiso park, that are originally planed in Meiji and the beginning of Syowa era.