Abstract
In June of 2004, Laws on Landscape, Green and Advertisement were en acted. These are the first comprehensive laws on landscape and townscape control in Japan. Since Taisyo Era, there was landscape and townscape control system, based on national laws. That national system had some problems, and after the WWII some local governments enacted ordinances to realize their original landscape and townscape control system. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects and the problems of these landscape and townscape control systems in Japan, and to try estimate the effect of the Laws on Landscape, Green and Advertisement.
