Abstract
This study aims to analyze the factors affecting the demolition of Kyo-machiya among the variants obtained from the GIS database constructed on the data collection in the Kyo-machiya survey which had been conducted for 5 years. As a result, those variants were shown to be significant such as depth, condition of building, condition as Kyo-machiya, whether vacant or not, density of Kyo-machiya nearby, and density of vacant Kyo-machiya nearby. It indicated the importance of regional efforts for reservation as well as maintenance of an individual building. Also, the demolition had nothing to do with the factory and wholesale as a traditional business, but it had newer relation with restaurant business.