This paper is the investigation and the analysis about the rate of recognizable places in prefectures and typical symbolic elements that are associated with each prefecture.
The rate of recognizable places is high at both the northern and southern ends of Honshu, both the northern and southern ends of Kyushu, and the prefecture which has two big cities or the largest city.
And the rate is low at prefectures without symbolic elements, especially at North Kanto, and the part of the prefecture in side of the Sea of Japan.
And the tendency of the taste is closely connected with “attractive”, “liveliness” and “comfortable”.
