Abstract
In Japan, to prepare the high aging society, such as an act on the traffic barrier free has been promoted of the convenience and safety in public facilities. This makes easy for the aged people to get a chance to enjoy the marine recreations and it is thought that their wills for the participation into such activities should be encouraged. To make it possible, the connection between each facility must be smooth and the development of signs for users with free and safe is needed. This paper aims at the analysis of status and understanding for the pictogram in beach park to suggest the adequate development system. The results are summarized below. (1)The understanding level of the guidance, the inducement and the positioning sign of pictogram was relatively high. (2)It was difficult to understand the regulation sign of pictogram. But the basic understanding was possible such as the approval, the attention and the prohibition sign. And (3)It was very useful to supply the pictogram as well as with the character information for communication.
