Abstract
The author has for the last few years been making a geographical study of a small locality in the Bôsô Peninsula, with special reference to its landsc pe, distribution of settlements and the manner of their formation, and the living and economic conditions obtaining in every household there, as compared with those conditions prevailing in other districts. Summarising the results, they are: (1) The region in question is being influenced more by the small neighbouring town of Kamogawa than by Gr ater Tokyo. (2) Owing to its favourable climate, the region has taken to truck farming and rearing of silkworm eggs. The place can also boast of many villas belonging to the well-to-do of Tokyo. (3) The sandy terrace has influenced the character of the settlement and its agricultural conditions as well as that of the forests and bushes. (4) A part of this region, formerly used by the Nishio clan, is now gradually growing into a linear settlement.
