In cold region, houses without fence are well seen. The aim of this paper is to grasp the actual conditions and inhabitant consciousness about living outdoor space with house’s fence or not. The result of surveying in Muroran City, becomes the following.
1) Houses without fence increase. 2) There is a little difference of the actual conditions and inhabitant consciousness between houses with fence or not. 3) Houses with fence have a feature not as privacy but as ornamentation. 4) Almost residents with conditions of no fence do not have a will to set fences.
