Abstract
First, we clarify the background and purpose of the research, and set up the Ashiya River special landscape district designated as a district to be particularly considered for the view from the Ashiya River and set up research methods. Second, from the questionnaire survey, we identified the viewpoints to the mountains and the sea, and we analyzed the characteristics of the viewpoints to the mountain and the sea from the analysis based on the position, place, favorite reasons and so on. Third, photographs of landscape pictures were taken from the viewpoints of mountains and the sea, and the analysis of the photographs revealed the characteristics of the viewing subject in the viewing landscape. Forth, we grasp the characteristics of the scenic view of mountains and the sea captured from the river axis, which is the scenery conservation axis connecting the mountains and the sea, and examined the way of conservation.